SHAHNAWAZ v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME LKO. AND 4 OTHERS
BAIL/11886/2024 · 2025-10-15
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 11886 of 2024 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.0529 of 2023 (ST No.1574 of 2023) under sections 363, 366, 376D(B) IPC and U/s 5(chha) 5(da)/6 POCSO Act, P.S. Bilgram, District Hardoi. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was enticed by the accused named in the FIR. Subsequently, in the statement under section 161 Cr.P.C, the victim stated that she was taken first to Harpalpur and thereafter to Bareilly from where she called her brother. In the statement under section 164 Cr.P.C., the victim also alleged that wrong was committed on her. The medical on record does not corroborate the allegations as no injury was relvealed. The tentative age of the applicant is around fourteen years, although there is no definite document with regard to exact age of the victim. 4. Considering the medical on record and the fact that the victim herself had called her brother on telephone coupled with the fact that the applicant who has no criminal history and is in custody since 22.09.2023 is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed. 5. Let the applicant Shahnawaz be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) :
R.R. Dev Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Shahnawaz .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Lko. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
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 15, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 11886 of 2024 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench