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2025 DAILYLAW 188858 (ALL)

VISHAL KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

/11945/2025 · 2025-12-09

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11945 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.64 of 2025, under Section 87, 64(2)M, 65(1), 137(2) BNS & Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Kachhauna, District Hardoi. 3. FIR in question was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant aged about 19 years was enticed by some unknown person. Subsequently, in her two statements, victim did not support the prosecution and stated that both of them had gone to Delhi and thereafter, to Uttarakhand and stayed at various places in Bihar also. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the age of the victim disclosed in the FIR as 19 years and the two statements not supporting the prosecution, the applicant who is in custody since 19.03.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Vishal Kumar 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Aditya Kumar, Abhishek Shukla, Anita Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Vishal Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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. 11945 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench