HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31728 of 2025 Court No. - 65 (Sr. No.171 out of 259) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. Learned A.G.A. has informed that notice to the informant has been served on 12.9.2025. 2. Heard Ms. Sujata Choudhary, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ram Mohit Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.318 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 64(2)(1) BNS and 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station Kithaur, District Meerut, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The allegations are per se false as far as the applicant is concerned. The victim in her statement recorded U/s 183 BNSS has categorically stated that she had left her house on her own and she stayed at a hotel in Bidisha with the applicant, but she has categorically stated that she was not subjected to any kind of physical assault by the applicant. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has further argued that the victim by her looks seems to be major, although she is stated to be marginally less than the age of majority. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 12.7.2025. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Mohit Kumar Singh, Satya Narayan Gupta, Sujata Choudhary, Yogendra Pal Singh Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Priyom .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) liberty of bail. 6. Learned A.G.A. has vehemently opposed the bail application but the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant could not be disputed. 7. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the statement of the victim recorded U/s 183 BNSS, whereby she has not levelled any allegation against the applicant, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant- Priyom, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required. 9. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. April 23, 2026 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 31728 of 2025 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad