HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 10314 of 2026 Court No. - 71 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard, the Learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ranjay Kumar and Sri Dharmendra Singh, the Learned counsels appearing for the informant, the Learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The Learned counsel for the applicant is permitted to make necessary corrections in the prayer clause forthwith. 3. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Special Sessions Case No.20 of 2019 (State of U.P. V/s Pawan Singh), under Sections 363, 366, 342 and 506 of I.P.C. and Section 16/17 of POCSO Act, arising out of Case Crime No.0079 of 2018, Police Station- Sisolar, District- Hamirpur, with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail as the applicant apprehends his arrest in the above- mentioned case. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that the applicant was not named in the F.I.R. The charge sheet was submitted only against the named accused, who is the cousin of the applicant. Learned counsel has further submitted that during trial, after recording of the statement of P.W.-2 who is said to be the victim of the case. The applicant has been summoned to face trial in exercise of powers under Section 319 Cr.P.C., vide the order dated 25.02.2026. Learned counsel has further stated that even otherwise, in the statement of P.W.-2 recorded in Court, no allegation of any sexual assault or in any manner harming the victim has Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : K.K. Rao, Sarvjeet Singh Chauhan Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Abhishek Singh .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) been given to the applicant. Learned counsel has stated that on the contrary, the statement of the victim indicates that it was the applicant and the other accused who had informed the N.G.O. regarding the victim. The applicant has no criminal antecedents. Similarly situated co-accused Arun Singh has been enlarged on anticipatory bail by this Court today in CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 10311 of 2026. 5. Learned counsels for the informant and the Learned A.G.A. have opposed the prayer for grant of anticipatory bail and have contended that a specific role has been assigned to the applicant in the statement of the victim recorded in Court. The applicant has rightly been summoned and the challenge to the summoning order in Criminal Revision No. 2533 of 2026 filed by the applicant and the other co-accused is still pending consideration of this Court and no interim order has been granted to the applicant. Learned counsels for the informant and the Learned A.G.A. have not denied the fact that the applicant has no criminal antecedents. 6. I have considered the submissions made by the Learned counsels for the parties and perused the material brought on the record. 7. The applicant was not named in the F.I.R. nor was he charge-sheeted. The statement of P.W.-2 has been recorded before the trial Court and as per the statement of P.W.-2, it appears that the primary allegations have been made against the co-accused Pawan Singh. It also appears that the applicant and the other accused were the ones who handed over the victim to an N.G.O. and the victim was supposedly then given in custody of her father by the said N.G.O. when he reached Allahabad along with the police personnel. In the prima facie opinion of the Court, the case of the applicant stands on a different footing from that of the co-accused Pawan Singh. The applicant has no criminal antecedents. Similarly situated co- accused Arun Singh has been enlarged on anticipatory bail by this Court today in CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 10311 of 2026. 8. Taking into account all the facts and circumstances of the case and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, I deem it fit to NABAIL No. 10314 of 2026 2 enlarge the applicant on anticipatory bail. 9. In view of the above, the anticipatory bail application of the applicant is allowed. 10. In the event of the arrest of the applicant Abhishek Singh, he shall be released forthwith in the aforesaid case crime on anticipatory bail on furnishing a personal bond and surety each in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Station House Officer of the police station/Court concerned with the following conditions:- i. the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; ii. that the applicant 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; iii. that the applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the Court; iv. that the applicant shall not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witness; 11. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the Court concerned shall be at liberty to cancel the bail. 12. It is made clear that observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant anticipatory bail application and are not to be considered to be an opinion on the merits of the case. October 1, 2026 Sachin NABAIL No. 10314 of 2026 3 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- SACHIN TIWARI High Court of Judicature at Allahabad