HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7222 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.222 of 2024 under sections 376 AB IPC and section 5m/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Dhaurahra, District Kheri. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant, aged about 12 years, had gone out of home when the applicant committed wrong on her. 4. In the light of the said allegations, the counsel for the applicant argues that the different version was given by the victim in her statements under section 161 and 164, as well as before the medical authorities. The statement of the victim has been recorded during trial, as well as the statement of PW4, who is a medical officer, who has also deposed to the effect that only an abrasion injury was found on the private part. The applicant is in custody since 25/04/2024. 5. Considering the fact that four prosecution witnesses have already been examined, and considering the statement of the medical officer, coupled with the fact that there is no different document with regard to the exact age of the victim, the applicant is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Amit Kumar Awasthi, Amit Kumar, Anand Kumar Shukla, Dinesh Kumar, Paritosh Shukla, Vivek Kumar Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Alok Kumar Dixit Santosh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) allowed. 6. Let the applicant Santosh 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 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. November 12, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 7222 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench