HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5152 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.365 of 2024, under Section 376 (2N), 506 IPC, Police Station Mall, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that around the 18 months ago, the daughter of the informant was taken away by the applicant and misappropriated videos were made and physical relations were formed. No allegation of rape was levelled in the statement under Section 180 of BNSS, however, in the statement under Section 183 of BNSS, for the first time, the allegation of wrong being done against her were made. Subsequently during investigation, no evidence of any video being made were revealed. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the tentative age of the victim, which is around 19 years and the huge inconsistencies in the two statements and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 27.02.2025, 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 Dheerendra Kumar Rawat @ Dhammu be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lal Bahadur Khan, Shashi Dhar Pathak Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Dheerendra Kumar Rawat @ Dhammu .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Deptt. Of Home .....Opposite Party(s) 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 17, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 5152 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench