HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5860 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. No one appears on behalf of the complainant despite service of notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.55 of 2025, under Section 64(1) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Dargah Shareef, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the daughter of the informant was talking term with the applicant. It was also alleged that on the false pretext of marriage, the applicant committed wrong on her. In the statements under Section 180 and 183 of BNSS, the victim stated that physical relations were form on the false pretext of marriage. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statements of the victim and the fact that the physical relations were formed for the last five months and the tentative age of the victim is around 17 years and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 05.05.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Rashid be released on bail in the abovesaid first Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Manoj Kumar Singh, Piyush Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rashid .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. October 15, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 5860 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench