HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9322 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.204 of 2025, under Section 137(2), 87, 64(1) BNS & Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S. Sirsiya, District Shravasti. 3. The FIR in question was lodged as a missing person report. Subsequently, in the two statements under Section 180 & 183 BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years and 4 months. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the two statements not supporting the prosecution story, the applicant who has no criminal antecedent of similar offence and two other offence have been duly explained, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Raju Ahmad 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: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Smt.Seema Dwivedi, Anubhav Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Raju Ahmad (According To. F.I.R. Raju) .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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 8, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9322 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench