Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:138505 Court No. - 83 Case :- CRIMINAL APPEAL No. - 5025 of 2025 Appellant :- Gyan Pratap Singh Respondent :- State of U.P. and Another Counsel for Appellant :- Ajay Kumar Mishra,Rajesh Kumar Yadav,Satyendra Singh Counsel for Respondent :- G.A. Hon'ble Shekhar Kumar Yadav,J. 1. In this case notice has already been served upon the informant. 2. The present criminal appeal under Section 14-A(2) Scheduled Castes & Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act has been filed by the appellant-Gyan Pratap Singh to set aside the order dated 15.05.2025 in Bail Application No.744 of 2025 and to release him on bail in Case Crime No. 212 of 2025, under Sections 333, 64(1), 352, 351(3) BNS and section 3(2)(V) SC/ST Act, P.S. Robertsganj, District Sonbhadra. 3. Heard learned counsel for the appellant, the learned AGA for the State-respondent no.1 and perused the entire record. 4. According to the prosecution case, on 08.09.2024 the appellant came into the victim's house and raped her in the absence of her husband forcefully, but the FIR of this case has been lodged on 27.02.2025 after about six months of the incident. without any plausible explanation of cause of delay. The victim is major and married women. 5. Submission of learned counsel for the appellant is that the appellant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. The appellant has not committed any offence as alleged in the impugned FIR. Further submission is that the prosecution story is totally false and fabricated. In the present case the victim is married and major women and FIR is delayed at about six months. Also in the present case no medical examination has been conducted by the doctor. The appellant is student and having no criminal history. He is in jail since 19.04.2025. Essential ingredients to constitute the offence under the SC/ST Act are lacking in the matter. Further submission is that the impugned order rejecting the bail application of the appellant suffers from infirmity and illegality warranting interference by this Court. 6. On the other hand, learned A.G.A. opposing the prayer for bail had have submitted that the appellant committed the present offence having knowledge that the victim belonged to S.C./S.T. Community. There is no infirmity or illegality in the impugned order. 7. I have considered the rival submissions made by the learned counsel for the parties and have gone through the entire record including the impugned order carefully. 8. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, role assigned to the present appellant and the nature of injury, the Court is of the opinion that the appellant has made out a case for bail. The Court below erred in rejecting the bail application of the appellant. The impugned order suffers from infirmity and illegality and the same is liable to be set-aside and the appeal is liable to be allowed. 9. Accordingly, the appeal is allowed and the impugned order rejecting the bail application of the appellant is hereby set-aside. 10. Let the appellant-Gyan Pratap Singh involved in aforesaid case crime number be released on bail on 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 appellant will not tamper with the evidence during the trial. (ii) The appellant will not pressurize/ intimidate the prosecution witness. (iii) The appellant will appear before the trial court on the date fixed, unless personal presence is exempted. (iv) The appellant shall not commit an offence similar to the offence of which he is accused, or suspected, of the commission of which he is suspected. (v) The appellant 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. 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court. Order Date :- 13.8.2025 RPD Digitally signed by :- RATAN PRAKASH DWIVEDI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad