HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11925 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.271 of 2025, under Section 65(1) BNS & Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S. Sidhauli, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR allegations were levelled that daughter of the informant was enticed by someone on 26.06.2025. The said unknown person used to live as a tenant. Subsequently, on 27.06.2025 when the informant asked his daughter, she did not say anything, however later on, she informed her mother that wrong was committed on her and asked her mother not to inform the father. FIR in question was lodged ultimately on 16.07.2025. In the statement under Section 180 BNSS, victim stated that on the date of the incident when the victim went out, she was pulled by the applicant and wrong was committed by showing a knife; thereafter, she went and slept at home and on 27.06.2025 the next day, the victim went to her sisters-in-law's home and on 28.06.2025 her father brought her back. Similar statement was given under Section 183 BNSS. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant relies upon the evidence of the independent witness who had seen the victim going alone towards the home of the applicant and on being asked, she stated that she was going to search Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Uttam Kumar Verma, Uday Pratap Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ramshankar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) her younger brother. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. Medical on record does not support the allegation. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the delay in lodging the FIR and the medical not corroborating the allegation as well as the statement of the independent witness, the applicant who is in custody since 30.07.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ramshankar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of 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. December 9, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 11925 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench