HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5854 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. and perused the record. No one appears on behalf of the informant despite service of notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.66 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64 (1), 127(4), 115 (2) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Sadarpur, District Sitapur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the daughter of the informant aged about 17 was enticed by the applicant. In the statements under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim stated that she had gone with the applicant at Lucknow and thereafter to Jaipur. She also stated that both of them stayed together and the applicant had committed wrong. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statements of the victim not supporting the prosecution story; the medical examination report; the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 26.04.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lalji Prasad Shukla, Ambarish Kumar Shukla, Divya Prakash, Mohd. Shahid Akhtar, Pankaj Kumar Tripathi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Beeru Chaturvedi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Beeru Chaturvedi 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 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 akverma BAIL No. 5854 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench