Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:40688 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 8465 of 2025 Applicant :- Mukesh Kumar Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Pramod Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. As informed by learned AGA, notice to the informant has been served on 3.3.2025 but none is present on behalf of the informant. 2. Heard Sri Pramod Kumar Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 99 of 2024, under Sections 363, 366, 376(3) of IPC and Section 4(2) of POCSO Act, Police Station - Karari, District - Kaushambi, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have enticed away the minor daughter of the informant in collusion with co- accused person on 29.04.2024 at about 06:00 PM. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. The FIR is delayed by about two days and there is no explanation of the said delay caused. 6. Learned counsel has also stated that the victim by her looks seems to be major and as per ossification test report, her age has come out to be 16-17 years. A leverage of two years may be granted to the applicant on upper side as per settled law of Supreme Court. There is no medical evidence to corroborate the prosecution story. It is also stated that the victim seems to be a consenting party as she had gone with the applicant and co- accused person on motorcycle to the house of his relative. The applicant himself is a 19 years old youth. The matter of consensual relationship has been converted into a criminal case. 7. Several other submissions have been made on behalf of the applicant to demonstrate the falsity of the allegations made against him. The circumstances which, as per counsel, led to the false implication of the applicant have also been touched upon at length. There is no criminal history of the applicant. The applicant is languishing in jail since 9.5.2024 and he is ready to cooperate with trial. In case, the applicant is released on bail, he will not misuse the liberty of bail. 8. Per contra, learned AGA has vehemently opposed the bail application but unable to dispute the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant and also the fact that the applicant has no criminal history. 9. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, and taking into consideration the settled law of the Supreme Court passed in Satender Kumar Antil vs. Central Bureau of Investigation and Ors., 2022 INSC 690 and Manish Sisodia vs. Directorate of Enforcement, 2024 INSC 595 and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Mukesh Kumar, who is involved in aforementioned case crime be released on bail on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned subject to following conditions. Further, before issuing the release order, the sureties be verified. i) The applicant will not tamper with the evidence during trial. ii) The applicant will not pressurise/intimidate with the prosecution witnesses. iii) The applicant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed. 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, it shall be a ground for cancellation of bail. 12. It is made clear that observations made in granting bail to the applicant shall not in any way affect the learned trial Judge in forming his independent opinion based on the testimony of the witnesses. Order Date:- 20.3.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad