HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9681 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.178 of 2025 under sections 87, 70, 127(2), 137(2), 351 (3) BNS, P.S. Hardi, District Bahraich. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, it is informed that the parties have married and have also approached this court for interim protection, which was granted vide order dated June 23, 2025. It is argued by counsel for the applicant that both of the said statements were given under undue pressure. 4. Considering the fact that both parties are married, as per the marriage certificate, and have also filed a joint petition before this court, a case for bail is made out. The applicant, who is in custody since 17.08.2025 and has no criminal history, is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Suresh Kumar Gautam be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ashutosh Bajpai Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Suresh Kumar Gautam .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) (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 VNP/- BAIL No. 9681 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench