HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12344 of 2024 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. No one appears for the informant despite notice. 2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.174 of 2024 (ST No.1203 of 2024) under sections 137(2), 65(1), 77, 127(2), 351(3) BNS and Sections 5L/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Maheshganj, District Pratapgarh. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the applicant formed physical relations with the informant's daughter after showing her certain videos and blackmailing her. In the statements under sections 180 and 183 BNSS, a similar statement was given, however, it was stated that, on account of blackmailing, physical relations were formed on various occasions. The case diary and the counter affidavit did not disclose the recovery of any video. The tentative age of the victim is around more than 16 years. 4. Considering the nature of the allegations, coupled with the fact that physical relations were formed on various occasions admittedly and that there is no recovery of any video, prima-facie a case for bail is made out more so when the applicant is in custody since 22.08.2024 and has no criminal history. Thus the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Brijesh Kumar Yadav, Amar Nath Dubey, Rakesh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Anil Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 5. Let the applicant Anil Yadav be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount 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 8, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 12344 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench