HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12597 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.166 of 2025, under Sections 137 (2), 87, 65(1) of BNS and Section 5/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Jagdishpur, District Amethi. 4. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, the victim has turned hostile during trial. 5. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 6. Considering the fact that the victim turned hostile during trial and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 18.07.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Ankit Lodh be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court concerned with Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Srees Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ankit Lodh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. December 19, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12597 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench