HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 16457 of 2026 Court No. - 72 HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J. 1. Heard, Learned counsel for the applicants, Learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail in Case Crime No. 752 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87 of BNS, Police Station- Kotwali, District- Mathura. 3. The Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants have been falsely implicated in the present case, which has been lodged on an application, filed under Section 173(4) BNSS. Learned counsel has further contended that the victim in her statement under Section 183 BNSS has not made any allegation of abduction or any sexual assault against the applicants. He further contends that the applicants have no criminal antecedents and they are in jail since 17.12.2025. 4. The Learned A.G.A., on the other hand, has opposed the prayer for grant of bail, however, could not dispute the fact that no allegation of abduction or any sexual assault has been made in the statement of the victim against the applicants, recorded under Section 183 BNSS. 5. I have considered the submissions made by the Learned counsels for the parties and perused the material brought on the record. 6. The applicants are said to be in jail since 17.12.2025. The F.I.R. has Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Naveen Kumar Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Smt Sikha Rajpoot And Another .....Applicant(s) State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) been lodged after about three months of the occurrence. The victim in her statement under Section 183 BNSS has clearly denied that she was ever abducted. She has stated that her father made false allegation against her brother and sister-in-law (cousins). 7. Taking into account all the facts and circumstances of the case and the fact that the victim in her statement under Section 183 BNSS has denied being abducted by the applicants, prima facie, a case for bail is made out. 8. The bail application is allowed. 9. Let the accused-applicants- Smt. Sikha Rajpoot and Virendra Kurmi , involved in above mentioned case crime number be released on bail, on their 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: i. The applicants will not tamper with the evidence. ii. The applicants will not indulge in any criminal activity. iii. The applicants will not pressurize/intimidate the prosecution witnesses and co-operate in the trial. iv. The applicants will appear regularly on each and every date fixed by the trial court, unless their personal appearance is exempted by the court concerned. 10. In the event of breach of any of the aforesaid conditions, the court below will be at liberty to proceed to cancel their bail. 11. It is made clear that the applicants shall be released on the basis of computer generated copy of this order, downloaded from the official website of High Court Allahabad and verified by the concerned counsel with the undertaking that the certified copy will be filed within 15 days. 12. It is further directed that the trial court shall send the release order to the concerned jail through Bail Order Management System (BOMS) to BAIL No. 16457 of 2026 2 ensure early release of the applicants. 13. The observations made hereinabove are exclusively for deciding the instant bail application and are not to be considered to be an opinion on the merits of the case. May 14, 2026 Vandana BAIL No. 16457 of 2026 3 (Rajiv Lochan Shukla,J.) Digitally signed by :- VANDANA GAUTAM High Court of Judicature at Allahabad