HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6354 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.56 of 2025, under Section 137(2), 64(1) of BNS, Section 5/6 of POCSO Act & Section 3(2)5 of SC/ST Act, P.S. Kurwar, District Sultanpur. 3. FIR in question was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant aged about 13 years was enticed by the applicant who is brother-in-law also and subsequently, when she came back, she informed that she was staying with the applicant at Kanpur. FIR was lodged on 21.02.2025 whereas the daughter went missing on 03.02.2025. Subsequently, in her statement, the victim did not support the prosecution. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim which is tentatively around 14 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the statement not supporting the prosecution and the delay in lodging the FIR, the applicant who is in custody since 19.03.2025 is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Adil be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Avneesh Kumar Shukla, Rama Pati Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Gyanendra Mishra Adil .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. November 18, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 6354 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench