Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:123117 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 25509 of 2025 Applicant :- Aman Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Ashish Pal,Rajeev Kumar Pal 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 08.07.2025 but none is present on behalf of the informant. 2. Heard Sri Rajeev Kumar Pal, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Shyam Dhar Maurya, learned A.G.A. for the State and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 22 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of BNS and Sections 3/4(2) of POCSO Act, Police Station - Shikhera, District - Muzaffarnagar, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have enticed away the minor daughter of the informant on 17.02.2025. There is no time of offence mentioned in the FIR. 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 is the consenting party as is evident from her statement recorded u/s 183 BNSS. The victim by her looks seems to be major although as per class 9 school certificate, her date of birth is 08.06.2009, as such, her age has come out to be 15 years 08 months and 09 days on the date of occurrence. The said certificate has no evidentiary value as per the judgement of Supreme Court passed in P. Yuvaprakash vs State Rep. by Inspector of Police, AIR 2023 SC 3525, whereby it has observed that in the absence of records relating to the birth of the victim, no other documents except the Matriculation or equivalent certificate from the concerned examination board or certificate by a corporation, municipal authority or a Panchayat can be relied upon to ascertain the age of the victim. 7. Learned counsel has further stated that there is no criminal history of the applicant. There is no medical corroboration of the incident. The applicant is languishing in jail since 20.02.2025 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, inordinate delay in lodging the FIR and also considering the statement of the victim recorded u/s 183 BNSS which indicates towards her consent coupled by the fact that there is no medical evidence to corroborate the prosecution story, I find it a fit case to release the applicant on bail. The bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant- Aman, 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:- 25.7.2025 Siddhant (Justice Krishan Pahal) Digitally signed by :- SIDDHANT SAHU High Court of Judicature at Allahabad