HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6879 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. No one appears on behalf of the complainant, despite service of notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.723 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(2) of BNS and Sections 5(l), 5(m)/ 6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Mohammad pur Khala, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 14 years was enticed by some unknown persons. In the statement 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone at Ahmedabad on her own freewill. She also stated that she was in love with the applicant. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statements of the victim not supporting the prosecution story and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 09.11.2020, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . 6. Let the applicant Rahul be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dharmendra Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rahul .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; (b) The applicant shall not commit any offence similar to the offence of which he is accused or suspected of the commission; and (c) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer or tamper with the evidence. November 11, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 6879 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench