HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7781 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. No one appears on behalf of the opposite party, despite service of notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.289 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64 of BNS and Section 5(L)/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Satrikh, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about ... was enticed by the applicant. In the statements under Sections 180 and 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she was in love with the applicant. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statements of the victim not supporting the prosecution story; the tentative age of the victim is around 18 years and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 20.06.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Harshit Yadav be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal bonds and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of the court Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shankar Lal Pandey, Abhishek Shukla, Anand Dubey, Ankita Tiwari, Ashish Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Harshit Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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. November 14, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 7781 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench