HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12823 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.0164 of 2024 under section 363, 366, 376 IPC and section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Mallawan, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 17 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under section 161 Cr.P.C., the victim disclosed her age as seventeen and a half years and admittedly she had gone to Delhi and nothing wrong was done. In the statement under section 164 also, she admitted that she had gone to Delhi for which her uncle has paid the money. 4. Considering the statements, and the age of the applicant to be 17 years, the applicant who is in custody since 08.08.2024 and has no criminal history, he is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Kapoor be released on bail in aforesaid 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Krishna Kumar Singh, Aakash Srivastava, Ajeet Kumar Singh, Anshu Singh, Apoorv Srivastava, Dinesh Kr. Chaudhary, Prashant Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Kapoor .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Civil Sectt. Lko And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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 17, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 12823 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench