Research › Search › Judgment

Allahabad High Court · body

2025 DAILYLAW 203530 (ALL)

JAGANNATH DUBEY v. STATE OF U.P. THRU. SECY. DEPTT. OF HOME LKO. AND 3 OTHERS

BAIL/12917/2025 · 2025-12-18

Pankaj Bhatia

body2025

Judgment text

Extracted from the PDF above. The PDF is authoritative.

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 12917 of 2025 Court No. - 12 HON'BLE PANKAJ BHATIA, J. 1. Supplementary affidavit filed today in Court is taken on record. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned AGA and perused the record. 3. The applicant seeks enlargement on bail in FIR No.99 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(2)m BNS & Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act, P.S. Laliya, District Balrampur. 4. In terms of the FIR allegations were levelled that daughter of the informant aged about 15 years was enticed by the applicant. Subsequently, in her two statements the victim disclosed her age as 18 years and stated that she was in love with the applicant and had gone alongwith him. 5. Learned AGA has opposed the bail application. 6. In view of the two statements not supporting the prosecution, the applicant who is in custody since 14.10.2025 and has no criminal antecedents, is entitled to be enlarged on bail. In view thereof, the application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant Jagannath Dubey 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; Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Dinesh Kr. Chaudhary Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Jagannath Dubey .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Secy. Deptt. Of Home 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. December 18, 2025 nishant BAIL No. 12917 of 2025 2 (Pankaj Bhatia,J.) Digitally signed by :- NISHANT MOHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench