ASHOK KUMAR v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. ADDL. CHIEF SECY. HOME DEPTT. U.P. LKO. AND 3 OTHERS
BAIL/7181/2025 · 2025-11-14
Pankaj Bhatia
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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 7181 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J.
1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record.
2. The accused-applicant seeks bail in FIR/Case Crime No.181 of 2025 under sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) BNS, and section 3/4 POCSO Act, P.S. Sirisya, District Shrawasti.
3. In terms of the FIR, it was alleged that the niece of the informant was enticed by the applicant. The niece of the informant was disclosd as 17 years. Subsequently, in the statement under section 180 BNS, the victim did not support the prosecution and a different version was given in the statement under section 183 BNSS.
4. Considering the fact that in both the statements, the victim admitted to have stayed with the applicant at Haryana for a substantially long time, the applicant who is in custody since 18.05.2025 and has no criminal history is entitled for the bail. Thus the bail application is allowed.
5. Let the applicant Ashok Kumar be released on bail in aforesaid FIR/Case Crime Number subject to his furnishing a personal bond and two reliable sureties of Rs.20,000/- (Twenty Thousand) each of the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned with the following conditions: (a) The applicant shall execute a bond to undertake to attend the hearings; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohd. Tabrez Iqbal Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ashok Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Deptt. U.P. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
(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 14, 2025 VNP/- BAIL No. 7181 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- VISHVANATH PRASAD SHUKLA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench