HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10121 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 Sri Vikrant Prakash, who has filed Vakalatnama on behalf of the complainant. The Vakalatnama is taken on record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.605 of 2025, under Sections 64(1), 351(3) of BNS and Section 3/4 of POCSO Act, Police Station Kotwali Sadar, District Kheri. 3. The FIR in question was lodged alleging that the daughter of the informant aged about 17 years when going outside the home for pee, the applicant caught hold her and misbehaved her. No allegation of rape was levelled. In the statement under Section 180 of BNSS also, no allegation of rape was levelled. In the statement under Section 183 of BNSS, for the first time, the allegation of rape was levelled. The tentative age of the victim is 17 years. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the huge inconsistencies in the statements of the victim and the medical report not corroborating the allegations and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 09.09.2025, 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) : Amit Kumar Awasthi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sanjeet Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Deptt. Govt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Let the applicant Sanjeet Kumar be released on bail in the aforesaid first information report 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 28, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10121 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench