SALMAN v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME AND 3 OTHERS
BAIL/239/2025 · 2025-10-16
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 239 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State.
2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.0212 of 2024 under Sections 69 BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, P.S.- Laliya, District- Balrampur.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the daughter of the informant was forced by the applicant to make physical relations on the false pretext of marriage. The victim in her statement under Section 183 BNSS has admitted that they liked each other. The tentative age of the victim is 17 years.
4. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application.
5. Considering the facts and circumstances and the fact that physical relations have been formed in between the parties on various occasion coupled with the fact that the applicant is in custody since 21.09.2024 and has no previous criminal antecedent, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed.
6. Let the applicant- Salman be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to her 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: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Kr. Chaudhary, Mahendra Pal Chauhan, Ripu Daman Shahi, Shailendra Pathak, Tauqueer Alam Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Deepak Kumar Pandey, Vineet Kumar Bajpai Salman .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
(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 16, 2025 V. Sinha BAIL No. 239 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VAISHALI SINHA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench