HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9848 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned A.G.A. No one appears on behalf of the informant despite service of notice. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.237 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(1), 351(3), 352 of BNS and Section 5/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kotwali Dehat, District Sultanpur. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 and 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the allegation and admitted that she had gone out of her own freewill with the applicant to Delhi and stayed 8-9 days. The age of the victim is 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the two statements not supporting the prosecution case and the fact the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 20.06.2025, 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 Sandeep Kumar 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dilip Mishra Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sandeep Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) (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 13, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9848 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench