HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10682 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. Despite service of notice, no one appeared on behalf of the complainant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.77 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Laliya, District Balrampur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 16 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution case and stated that she had gone along with the applicant to Lucknow and thereafter to Balrampur and on the false pretext of marriage, physical relation was formed. The tentative age of the victim is around 16-17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statement of the victim and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents of similar nature and is languishing in jail since 17.07.2025, 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 Bihari Lal Verma @ Bihari Verma be released on Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Kr. Chaudhary Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Bihari Lal Verma @ Bihari Verma .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) bail in the aforesaid first information report 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 10, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10682 of 2025 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