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AFROZ KHAN MANSURI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME U.P. GOVT. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/12183/2024 · 2025-10-15

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12183 of 2024 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.53 of 2024 under sections 323, 354, 376(2)N, 504, 506, 34 IPC and section 9, 10 & 11 of the Prohibition of the Child Marriage Act, and u/s 4, 6, 8 & 12 of POCSO Act and under section 3/4 DP Act, P.S. Kotwali Jarwa, District Balrampur. 3. In terms of the FIR which was registered initially at Maharashtra and was subsequently transferred to Balrampur, allegations were levelled that after the marriage was solemnised, the victim was misbehaved with and, physical relations were also formed with the brother in law. 4. The counsel for the applicant states that, the marriage was solemnised and a Nikahnama is on record as SCA-1. Subsequently on account of the dispute, the present FIR was lodged against the entire family members who had attended the wedding. 5. Considering the improbability of the allegations levelled in the FIR, coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 12.09.2024 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Afroz Khan Mansuri be released on bail in aforesaid Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Irfan Alam, Dinesh Kr. Chaudhary Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Afroz Khan Mansuri .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Govt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. October 15, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 12183 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench