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DEEPANKAR SAHNI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME DEPTT. LKO.

BAIL/9998/2025 · 2025-10-17

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9998 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA for the State; Shri Mahesh Kumar Sharma, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.332 of 2025, under Section 69, 115(2), 352, 351(3) BNS, P.S. Ashiyana, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that talks of marriage of the informant with the applicant were going on and the applicant, thereafter, on the pretext of marriage committed wrong on her. In the statement under Section 180 BNS, similar statement was given. Tentative age of the victim is around 28 years. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the fact that the marriage proposal could not succeed, FIR in question has been lodged after substantial delay on 05.09.2025 whereas the incident is alleged to have taken place on 26.07.2025 without there being any explanation for the same, as such, the applicant who is in custody since 06.09.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Deepankar Sahni be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ajeet Kumar Yadav, Subhash Chandra Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Deepankar Sahni .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) each to the satisfaction of 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 17, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 9998 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench