HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9569 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. None has appeared for the complainant despite notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.289 of 2025, under Section 137(2), 87, 351(3), 65(1) BNS & Section 5/6M of POCSO Act, P.S. Mill Area, District Rae Bareli. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that daughter of the informant was aged about 16 years and the applicant had given her a mobile and used to entice her. It was stated that the victim had kept the mobile, however, on refusal of the parents, she stopped talking with the applicant. It was stated that subsequently the applicant had enticed the daughter of the informant. 4. In the statement of the victim recorded under Section 180 BNSS she stated that she knew the applicant for the last one year and he had also given her a mobile and they used to talk to each other and subsequently, he administered her some chocolates which made her unconscious and like this on 4 to 5 occasions, she was called and when she became pregnant, the applicant had refused to marry her. A somewhat similar statement was given under Section 183 BNSS. 5. The medical report on record does not corroborate any injury on the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vivek Kumar Divedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Arjun @ Kukku Sonkar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) body of the victim. The tentative medical age as determined is around 16 to 17 years. 6. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 7. Considering the two statements and the fact that the applicant and the victim knew each other for the last one year, the applicant who is in custody since 10.07.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant Arjun @ Kukku Sonkar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of 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 7, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9569 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench