HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12760 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.219 of 2025 under sections 64(1), 351(3) BNS and 5(L)/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Baba Bazar, District Ayodhya. 3. In terms of the FIR, allegations were levelled that the elder daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was proposed to be married, however, the applicant, caused hindrance in the said efforts. It was stated that on 27.04.2025, the applicant had committed wrong on her. The FIR was lodged on 11.11.2025. In the statement under section 180 BNSS, the victim stated that wrong was committed on various occasions by the applicant and the applicant was causing hindrance in the marriage. In the statement under section 183 BNSS, the victim stated that the applicant was the cousin brother and around seven months ago, wrong was committed on her. The tentative age of the victim is around sixteen years, although there is no definite document with regard to the exact age of the victim and the applicant is also aged about nineteen years. 4. Considering the delay in lodging the FIR from the date of the alleged incident of rape, the applicant who has no criminal history and is in custody since 13.11.2025 is entitled to bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akhilendra Kumar Goswami Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pardeep .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Homegovt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Let the applicant Pardeep 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: (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 VNP/- BAIL No. 12760 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench