RAVI KISHAN @ CHOTTU v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
BAIL/11091/2025 · 2025-11-18
Pankaj Bhatia
Transfer Petitionbody2025
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11091 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.157 of 2024 under section 65(2) BNS and section 5m/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Jaitpur, District Ambedkar Nagar. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that on 01.08.2024, the informant was at his shop whereas the wife and the child were at home, when the applicant caught hold of the daughter of the informant aged about 3 years, which was opposed by the wife and subsequently, she was taken behind the temple and started committing wrong on the victim. 4. In the light of the said allegations, my attention is drawn to the statement of the eye witness who had stated that the applicant was beating the victim and was committing wrong on her. The tentative age of the victim is around four years. The medical on record, done on 02.08.2024 i.e. very next date, does not corroborate any allegation of penetrative sexual assault, abrasions were seen on left lumber region, which is indicating of the alleged beating up by the applicant. 5. On the basis of the medical report where the hymen was also found to be intact, the material to suggest the commission of the penetrative sexual Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Singh, Ashish Kumar Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ravi Kishan @ Chottu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
assault, as defined under section 3/5 of the Act is apparently missing and the offence under section 7/8 POCSO Act is punishable for a term up to five years. 6. In view thereof, the applicant who is in custody since 02.08.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5.
Let the applicant Ravi Kishan @ Chottu be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 18, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 11091 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench