HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 9990 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 Ashish Raman Mishra, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of informant. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.92 of 2025, under Sections 87, 137(2), 65(1) of BNS and Section 5(L)/ 6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kothi, District Barabanki. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant aged about 13 years was enticed by the applicant. In the statements under Section 180 and 183 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill. The medical report does not corroborate the allegations levelled. The tentative age of the victim is around 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the statements of the victim not supporting the prosecution story; the medical examination report; the fact that 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 Sunil be released on bail in the abovesaid first Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Suresh Kumar Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sunil .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 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: (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 akverma BAIL No. 9990 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench