HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1513 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 perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.289 of 2024, under Sections 65(1), 87, 137(2) of BNS and Section 3/4(2) of POCSO Act, Police Station Ikauna, District Shrawasti. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that that the sister of the informant aged about 14 years was enticed by the applicant. In the statement under Section 180 of BNSS, the victim did not support the prosecution story and stated that she had gone out of her own freewill. In the statement under Section 183 also, the victim did not support the prosecution story. The medical report does not corroborate the allegations levelled. The tentative age of the victim is around 15 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 16.10.2024, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be released on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sant Prasad Singh, Amrendra Nath Tripathi, Pramod Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Pt. Devesh Kumar Mishra Pappu Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Civil Secretariat Lko. .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Pappu Yadav be released on bail in the abovesaid first 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. 1513 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench