HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 1832 of 2023 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 2. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.626 of 2022, under Section 376, 420, 323, 506 IPC, P.S. Chinhat, District Lucknow. 3. In terms of the FIR lodged on 02.08.2022 it was alleged that in the year 2020 during lockdown, daughter of the informant was suffering medically and was taken to the applicant who was expert in occult practices and after administering something to her, wrong was committed against her will and the applicant was also threatening the informant and the family member. 4. In the light of the said, learned counsel for the applicant argues that the FIR was lodged about two years of the alleged incident and the applicant is in custody since 07.08.2022. 5. Trial Court report indicates that there are nine witnesses out of which five witnesses have already been examined. 6. Considering the said report and the fact that the applicant has suffered pre- trial detention of more than three years and there is nothing on record to suggest that the applicant, if enlarged on bail, can adversely affect the trial, the applicant who is in custody since 07.08.2022 and has no criminal Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anil Kumar Yadav, Deo Raj Singh, Manoj Kumar Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Amit Yadav .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. Civil Sectt. Lko. U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Amit Yadav be released on bail in aforesaid FIR number on his furnishing a personal bond with two sureties of Rs.20,000/- each to the satisfaction of 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 nishant BAIL No. 1832 of 2023 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench