HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 22420 of 2025 Court No. - 65 (Sr. No.109 out of 277) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. Learned A.G.A. has informed that the notice to the informant has been served on 26.6.2025. 2. Heard Ms. Poonam Srivastava, Advocate holding brief of Sri Yashpal Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.59 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 65(1) BNS and 3/4(2) POCSO Act, Police Station Rasoolabad, District Kanpur Dehat, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The victim is a consenting party as is but evident from her statement recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S., whereby she traveled with the applicant to several places including Mumbai but she had not raised any alarm whatsoever during the said sojourn. 5. It is further argued by learned counsel for the applicant that the victim, by her looks, seems to be major and she has mentioned herself to be 18 years old in her statement recorded U/s 183 BNSS. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 25.3.2025. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lalji Yadav, Shailesh Kumar Mishra, Vinay Kumar Mishra, Yashpal Yadav Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pramod Kumar Rajpoot .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S., which indicates her consent, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Pramod Kumar Rajpoot, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required. 9. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. April 20, 2026 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 22420 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad