HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13122 of 2024 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 informant despite notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.425 of 2024, under Section 137(2), 64 BNS & Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S. Kotwali Nagar, District Pratapgarh. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant aged about 14 years was enticed and taken away on a motorcycle and wrong was committed on her. In the statement under Section 180 and 183 BNSS, the victim reiterated the said version. 4. In the light of the said, my attention is drawn to the statement of the father of the victim who had stated that the applicant and the victim used to meet each other. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. Considering the statement under Section 180 BNSS to be highly improbable wherein she stated that she was taken on a bike which was being driven very fast and nobody could catch her coupled with the fact that the medical on record does not indicate any injury, the applicant, who is in Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vijay Kumar, Gyan Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., G.A. Pradeep Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) custody since 04.08.2024 and has no criminal antecedent, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Pradeep Kumar 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 15, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 13122 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench