HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6597 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.191 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64 of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Maheshganj, District Pratapgarh. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 of BNS, the victim states that she knew the applicant for the last four years and wanted to marry with him and as such, left home without disclosing the same to the family. The same version has been stated in the statement under Section 183 of BNS. The age of the victim is around 17 and a half years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the two statements not corroborating the prosecution story, the applicant, who is in custody since 11.10.2024 and has no criminal antecedents is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Mohit @ Akshay Saroj be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sarjoo Ram, Aklavya, Mamta Rawat Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohit @ Akshay Saroj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Otherslko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. October 7, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 6597 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench