HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 6150 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State and Sri Amit Pandey who appears for the informant and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.33 of 2025 under section 65(1) BNS and section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Chhapia, District Gonda. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 13 years had gone out of home when the applicant enticed her and thereafter committed wrong on her. The victim in her statement under section 180 BNSS stated that the wrong was committed by the applicant. In the statement under section 183 BNSS, the victim reiterated the said version, however, the medical on record does not corroborate the allegations. There is no definite document with regard to exact age of the victim on record. 4. Considering the medical not corroborating the allegations, the applicant who is in custody since 11.02.2025 and has explained his criminal antecedents, the applicant is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Santosh Kumar 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pankaj Verma, Ashish Verma, Kailash Nath Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Amit Pandey Santosh Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. 6150 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench