HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 20284 of 2025 Court No. - 70 HON'BLE DR. GAUTAM CHOWDHARY, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, Shri Chandan Singh, the learned A.G.A. for the State as well as Shri Prem Chand Srivastava, learned counsel for the first informant and perused the record. 2. By means of the instant bail application, the applicant-Pradeep Sahani is seeking bail in Case Crime No. 94 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 98 of B.N.S. and Section 3(2)5 of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, Police Station Kotwali, District Maharajganj. 3. The F.I.R. was lodged under Section 137(2) of B.N.S. with the allegation that the applicant has enticed away minor daughter of the informant and sold her. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent and has falsely been implicated in the present case. When the victim was recovered she denied for her medical examination. In her statement recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. though she made false allegation against the applicant that he pushed her in prostitution, but she has also stated that she knows the applicant for the last one year and on the date of incident she went with him. He next submits that applicant is in jail since 23.02.2025, having no criminal history. 5. Per contra, learned A.G.A. as well as learned counsel for the first informant have opposed the prayer for bail of applicant by contending that the victim is a minor girl aged about 13 years and she has made specific allegation against the applicant for prostitution in her statement recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S., therefore, he does not deserve any indulgence. 6. Keeping in view submissions of learned counsel for the parties, gravity Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akhlendra Pratap Singh, Deleep Kumar Chaudhari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Prem Chand Srivastava Pradeep Sahani .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) of offence, nature of allegations and all the attending facts and circumstances of the case and considering that the statement of victim recorded under Section 183 of B.N.S.S. wherein she has made specific allegation against the applicant, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, no case for bail is made out. 7. Accordingly, the bail application of applicant-Pradeep Sahani, is rejected. September 16, 2025 Mustaqeem. BAIL No. 20284 of 2025 2 (Dr. Gautam Chowdhary,J.) Digitally signed by :- MOHD MUSTAQEEM KHAN High Court of Judicature at Allahabad