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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 29621 of 2025 Court No. - 68 HON'BLE ASHUTOSH SRIVASTAVA, J. Heard Sri R. K. Tiwari, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Puneet Kumar Singh, learned AGA for the State-Respondent, Sri Navi Ullah, holding brief of Ms. Meera, learned counsel for the informant and perused the record. The present bail application has been moved on behalf of accused-applicant seeking enlargement on bail in Case Crime No. 46 of 2024, under Sections 354-A, 452, 504, 506 of I.P.C., Section 7/8 of POCSO Act, and Section 3(2)(va) of SC/ST Act, Police Station Kalinjar, District Banda. Learned counsel for the applicant argued that the accused-applicant is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case crime number. He submits that in the FIR only general allegation has been levelled against the accused applicant. Learned counsel for the applicant further submits that as per allegation on 21.02.2024 at 11:30 PM the accused applicant entered in the house of the victim and the accused applicant slept near the victim and started molesting her and when she cried the accused applicant abused and threatened the victim for dire consequences. He submits that there is no independent witness of the alleged incident. In the medical report, neither internal nor external injury has been shown upon the body of the victim. He submits that as per High School Certificate, the victim is about 14 years old. The applicant is languishing in jail since 16.07.2025. The applicant has no criminal antecedent and there is no likelihood of his fleeing from course of justice or tampering with evidence in case of release on bail. Hence, the bail has been prayed for. Learned AGA has vehemently opposed the prayer of bail, but could not Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ram Raksha Tiwari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Meera Bablu Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
dispute the above submissions raised by learned counsel for the applicant. Considering all those facts and circumstances, the nature of accusations, severity of the punishment in the case of conviction and nature of supporting evidence, reasonable apprehension of tampering with the witness and prima- facie case, but without commenting on merit of case, a case for bail is made out. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed.
Let the accused-applicant, Bablu Singh, involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and two reliable sureties each, in the like amount to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant will not tamper with the evidence. 2. The applicant will not indulge in any criminal activity. 3. The applicant will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. 4. The applicant will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless his personal appearance is exempted through counsel by the court concerned. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel his bail. October 10, 2025 pks BAIL No. 29621 of 2025 2 (Ashutosh Srivastava,J.) Digitally signed by :- PAWAN KUMAR SINGH High Court of Judicature at Allahabad