HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12473 of 2024 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. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.179 of 2024, under Sections 64(1), 352, 115(2), 351(2) of BNS, Police Station Banthra, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the sister of the informant aged about 20 years had gone out of her home when the applicant caught hold her and thereafter committed wrong. In the statement under Section 183, the victim stated that she had gone out of her own when the applicant caught hold her and tied her mouth and thereafter took her to a jungle and thereafter committed wrong. The allegation of sustaining injuries was also levelled. The medical on record does not corroborate the allegation. The age of the victim is around 18 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the age of the victim; the medical not corroborating the allegation and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 20.07.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ved Prakash Singh, Mohd Hatim, Neeraj Singh, Rajendra Singh, Shubham Chaurasiya, Umesh Chandra Chaturvedi, Veena Sinha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Mamta Chaudhary Ankul Rawat Thru. Mother Vimla Devi .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And 2 Others .....Opposite Party(s) allowed. 6. Let the applicant Ankul Rawat 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. November 21, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 12473 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench