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2025 DAILYLAW 189761 (ALL)

ANKIT MISHRA v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/6351/2025 · 2025-11-11

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6351 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Counter affidavit filed by the State is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.214 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Bachhrawan, District Raebareli. 4. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was enticed by the applicant. In the statement 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she was in love with the applicant. The tentative age of the victim is around 15 years. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. 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 29.05.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Chandra Bhanu Singh, Jaikaran Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Mishra .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Let the applicant Ankit Mishra be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two 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. 6351 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench