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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 18179 of 2026 Court No. - 64 HON'BLE VIVEK VARMA, J.
1. As per office report dated 4.7.2026, notice of the present application has been served upon the informant through his father. 2. Sri Neeraj Kumar Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State submits that the notice of the present application has been served upon the informant/opposite party no.4 and C.W.C./opposite party no.3 on 23.5.2026. The receiving endorsements produced by learned A.G.A. are taken on record. However, no one appears on behalf of the said opposite parties nor any counter affidavit has been filed on their behalf. 3. Heard counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A. for the State. Perused the material available on record. 4. The present bail application has been filed with a prayer to enlarge the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.12 of 2026, under Sections 137(2), 87, 61(2), 64(1) of B.N.S. and Section 5L/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station- Suriyawan, District- Bhadohi, during the pendency of trial. 5. Counsel for the applicant contends that the applicant was not named in the first information report and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The victim is a major. The age of Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Akhilesh Kumar Dwivedi, Ramesh Chand, Vindeshwari Prasad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Dilshad Ali .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)
the victim was incorrectly got registered in the school records by the victim's parents to give her advantage in life. There is no lawful basis for the age related entry of the victim in the school records. Further, as per the report of the radiologist, the victim was found aged about 16 to 18 years. It is next contended that the name of the applicant was disclosed by the victim in her statement recorded under Section 180 B.N.S.S. Placing reliance upon the statements of the victim recorded under Section 180 B.N.S.S. and 183 B.N.S.S., it is contended that the victim had accompanied the applicant to Pune and stayed with him for 15 to 20 days. The victim was present at public places, but she did not raise any protest or alarm. Such conduct of the victim shows that she was a consenting party. At this stage, there is no corroborative evidence to link the applicant with the offence.
The applicant is in jail since 19.2.2026 having no criminal antecedents and in case he is enlarged on bail, he will not misuse the said liberty. 6. Learned A.G.A. for the State has opposed the prayer for bail but could not satisfactorily dispute the aforesaid submissions from the record. 7. Having heard counsel for the parties and having perused the record, this Court prima facie finds that the applicant was not named in the first information report. As per the report of the radiologist, the victim was found aged about 16 to 18 years. The victim had accompanied the applicant to Pune and was present at public places, but she did not raise any protest or alarm. Her conduct shows that she was a consenting party. At this stage, there is no corroborative evidence to link the applicant with the offence. Moreover, the applicant has no criminal antecedents and has remained confined for more than seven months and after submission of the charge sheet there is no hope of early conclusion of trial, more so when no reasonable apprehension has been brought to the fore by the State that the applicant, if enlarged on bail, would either tamper with the evidence or delay the trial or intimidate the witness, without commenting on the merits of the case, I am of the opinion that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. BAIL No. 18179 of 2026 2
8. Let the applicant Dilshad Ali, involved in the aforesaid case 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 the conditions that he: (i) shall appear on the date fixed by the trial court; (ii) shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; and, (iii) shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses. 9. In case of breach of any of the above conditions, the prosecution shall be at liberty to move bail cancellation application before this Court. October 5, 2026 Manish Kr BAIL No. 18179 of 2026 3 (Vivek Varma,J.) Digitally signed by :- MANISH KUMAR High Court of Judicature at Allahabad