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2025 DAILYLAW 200482 (ALL)

MOHD. SALMAN v. STATE OF U.P. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

/9839/2025 · 2025-10-13

Pankaj Bhatia

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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9839 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 Sri Saurabh Mishra, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of opposite party no.2. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.192 of 2025, under Sections 376, 504, 506 IPC and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Alapur, District Ambedkar Nagar. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 19 years stated that when she was studying in Class-VII in the year 2021, the accused applicant enticed her and on the false pretext of marriage, physical relations were formed. Subsequently, the applicant was refusing to marry. In the statement under Section 180, it was that the age of the victim is 20 years and was met with the applicant around 5 years ago. In the statement under Section 183 of Cr.P.C., the age is disclosed as 19 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the two statements of the victim and the medical report not corroborating the allegations and the fact that admittedly the relationship continued for more than 4 years allegedly on the false pretext of marriage coupled with the fact the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 26.08.2025, I am of the view that the applicant is Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ramakar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Mohd. Salman .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed . 6. Let the applicant Mohd. Salman be released on 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. October 13, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 9839 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench