HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5352 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 accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.153 of 2024 under sections 137(2), 87, 64 BNS, and section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Mahrajganj Tarai, District Balrampur. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the applicant had enticed the daughter of the informant aged about 16 years. In the statement under section 180 BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone along with the applicant to Ambala. The victim refused to undergo the medical examination. The tentative age of the victim is around 16 years. 4. Considering the statement of the victim and refusing to undergo medical examination, the applicant who is in custody since 12.12.2024 having no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Chhotkau 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: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Farhan Alam Osmany, Vijay Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Chhotkau .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of 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 14, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 5352 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench