HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12916 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.618 of 2025, under Section 64(1), 316(2), 351(3) BNS & Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S. Laharpur, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that the informant was an auto rickshaw driver and the applicant sat on his rickshaw and subsequently, the applicant became friendly with the informant and the informant gave him amounts of Rs.25,000/- and Rs.65,000/- on loan which was to be returned back within a week. Subsequently, the applicant stated that he cannot return the money and offered to marry the daughter of the informant; the informant believed the applicant and thereafter, physical relations were formed with the daughter of the informant aged about 19 years on false pretext of marriage and now he was refusing to marry her. In the statement under Section 183 BNSS, the victim stated that physical relations were formed on various occasions. She also stated that certain money was demanded in advance. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the improbability of the allegations coupled with the fact admittedly the relations were formed on various occasions, the applicant who is in custody since 11.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Amir Khan, Surya Prakash Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sandeep Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Sandeep Kumar 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. December 18, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 12916 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench