HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5314 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.402 of 2024 under sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) BNS and 5-(J)2/6 POCSO Act, and section 3(2)(5) SC/ST Act, P.S. Sandila, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in her two statements, the victim did not support the prosecution and stated that as she was beaten up, she had left her home and she specifically stated that nothing wrong was done to her by the applicant. 4. Considering the said statement, the applicant who is in custody since 22.03.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Khalik 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; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Pawan Kumar Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Khalik .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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 14, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 5314 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench