HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5996 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 Sri Suresh Chandra Srivastava, learned Counsel for the informant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.363, 366, 376, 323 IPC and Section 5/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Amethi, District Amethi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the minor daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. In the statement under Section 164 of Cr.P.C., the victim disclosed her age as 17 years. She also stated that she had gone with the applicant out of her own freewill to Pratapgarh and thereafter Chandigarh. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statements of the victim not supporting the prosecution story; the medical examination report; the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 12.02.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Vinay Kumar Saroj 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 Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Kaushal Kishore, Ravindra Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Suresh Chandra Srivastava Vinay Kumar Saroj .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home 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 15, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 5996 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench