HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9651 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.252 of 2025, under Sections 366, 376, 323, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of D.P. Act, Police Station Sandana, District Sitapur. 3. The FIR in question was lodged by the informant against as many as 4 persons through an application under Section 173(4) of BNSS wherein it was stated that on 23.06.2024, she was enticed away on a false pretext of marriage and subsequently, a compromise was taken place in between the victim and the applicant on 30.07.2024. A complaint was also made on IGRS portal wherein the victim depicted herself to be the wife of the applicant. In the statements under Sections 180 and 183 of BNSS, the allegations were levelled that physical relations were formed on the false pretext of marriage. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the huge variance in the statements of the victim and the complaint made on IGRS portal coupled with the fact that the victim is aged about 19 years; the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 23.08.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suyesh Pradhan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) . 6. Let the applicant Ankit Kumar be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each 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. October 9, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9651 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench