PANKAJ SONI v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. PRIN. SECY. HOME LKO. AND ANOTHER
ABAIL/1158/2025 · 2025-10-28
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 438 CR.P.C. No. - 1158 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant; learned AGA for the State and perused the records.
2. The present application under Section 438 Cr.P.C. has been filed seeking anticipatory bail apprehending arrest in FIR No.88 of 2024 under sections 376, 452, 504, 506 IPC, P.S. Gosaiganj, District Sultanpur.
3. The FIR in question was lodged through an application under section 156(3) Cr.P.C. alleging that the victim was staying alone as her husband was working elsewhere and the applicant on the false pretext of getting a job, formed physical relations and also took her to Ludhiana. The victim is aged about 29 years.
4. Learned AGA opposes the bail application.
5. Considering the improbability of the allegations, a case of anticipatory bail is made out till conclusion of the trial. The present application for anticipatory bail is accordingly allowed.
6. Thus, in the event of arrest, let the applicant Pankaj Soni be released on anticipatory bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.30,000/- each separately to the satisfaction of Court below concerned with the following conditions: Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sukh Deo Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Pankaj Soni .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s)
(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. (d) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court. October 28, 2025 VNP/- ABAIL No. 1158 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench