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2025 DAILYLAW 188830 (ALL)

SACHIN SINGH v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. U.P. LKO. AND 4 OTHERS

BAIL/4198/2025 · 2025-11-18

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4198 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. 57 of 2025, under sections 64, 115(2) BNS, Section 5/6 POCSO Act, Section 3(2)(va) SC/ST Act, P.S. Behtagokul, District Hardoi. 3. Learned counsel for the applicant argues that in terms of FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant was going out of her home after examination when the applicant came on motorcycle, beat up the victim and took her to an agricultural field where wrong was committed. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. Subsequently in her statement under Section 180 BNSS the victim stated that she was threatened and made to sit on motorcycle and was taken to agricultural field where wrong was committed. In the statement under Section 183 BNSS victim stated that she was made to sit on motorcycle and was taken on agricultural fields where wrong was committed on her. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the improbability of statements and the age of the victim, however, without commenting upon the merits of the case, the applicant who is in jail since 24.3.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Bhagwati Prasad Nigam, Anurag Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sachin Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Sachin Singh 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. November 18, 2025 J. K. Dinkar BAIL No. 4198 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- JESHU KUMAR DINKAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench