HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1289 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.617 of 2024, under Section 137(2), 87, 64(2)Da, 127 BNSS & Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Mankapur, District Gonda. 3. In terms of the FIR it was alleged that daughter of the informant aged about 19 years went missing. No one was named in the FIR. Subsequently, in the statement under Section 180 BNSS, the victim stated that she knew the applicant for the last two months and they used to talk on telephone. Subsequently, she met the applicant who offered to give her lift and thereafter, she was taken in a separate place and after administering some intoxicant, wrong was committed on her. A somewhat similar statement was made under Section 183 BNSS wherein she admitted that she had gone with the applicant to a separate village. Medical examination does not corroborate any of the allegation. 4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 5. Considering the huge variance in the statement and the medical not corroborating, the applicant who is in custody since 20.12.2024 and has no criminal antecedent, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Rakesh Kumar Saini, Mohammad Aslam Beg Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Karim Khan .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) application is allowed. 6. Let the applicant Karim Khan be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- 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 14, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 1289 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench