HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 10677 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.802 of 2017, under Sections 376, 506 IPC, Police Station Risia, District Bahraich. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged through an application under Section 156(3) of Cr.P.C., the informant 46 years alleged that on 16.12.2016, when the informant had gone out of her home, two persons known and one unknown person committed wrong on her. The application was filed on 03.04.2017. Similar statement was given under Sections 161 and 164 of Cr.P.C. 4. Learned A.G.A. vehemently opposed the bail prayer. 5. Considering the age of the victim and substantial delay in lodging the FIR and filing of an application and the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents and is languishing in jail since 19.09.2025, 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 Rakesh @ Rakesh Kumar be released on bail in the abovesaid first information report number on his furnishing personal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Vinod Kumar Maurya, Haridhwar Singh Kushwaha Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Rakesh @ Rakesh Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) 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. November 12, 2025 akverma BAIL No. 10677 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- ASHOK KUMAR VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench