SIPAHI LAL v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 4 OTHERS
BAIL/10004/2025 · 2025-10-17
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10004 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. No one appears for the informant despite notice.
2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.166 of 2025, under sections 137(2), 65(1), 351(3) BNS and section 5(L)/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Rupaideeha, District Bahraich.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the two statements, the victim stated that she was enticed and on the false pretext of marriage, physical relations were also formed. She also admitted that she had gone to Bijnore along with the applicant. There is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim on record.
4. Considering the two statements and the medical not corroborating the allegations, the applicant who is in custody since 25.07.2025 and has no criminal history, is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Sipahi Lal 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Gyanendra Pathak, Adarsh Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sipahi Lal .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
(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. 10004 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench