HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 214 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Trinetra Shanker Pandey, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.126 of 2024, under Section 137(2), 87, 64(2)(M) of BNS & Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Udaipur, District Pratapgarh. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that niece of the informant was enticed by the applicant on the false pretext of marriage. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 183 BNSS, the victim stated that she had gone alone on the calling of the applicant and as she wanted to go with him, she went to the home of the applicant and thereafter, went to Lucknow and thereafter to Raebareli and stayed together where physical relations were also formed. He also stated that she went with the applicant as she wanted to marry him. 4. Learned counsel for the informant opposes the bail application by arguing that the age of the victim is less than 18 years. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the said statement and the fact that the tentative age of the victim is around 17 years, the applicant who is in custody since 12.08.2024 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashok Kumar Maurya, Ashok Kumar Maurya, Manish Kumar Gupta, Priyanshi Maurya Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sameer Ahmad .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) and has no criminal antecedent, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Sameer 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; (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 17, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 214 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench