HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15431 of 2026 Court No. - 65 (Sr. No.68 out of 269) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Shri Prakash Dwivedi, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Kamlesh Kumar Bharti, learned counsel for the informant, Sri Ram Mohit Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.136 of 2025, under Sections 137(2), 87, 64(1) BNS and Section 3/4 POCSO Act, 2012, Police Station Dramandganj, District Mirzapur, during the pendency of trial. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The victim is a consenting party, as she had travelled with the applicant all the way from Mirzapur to Prayagraj and stayed with him. By her looks, she seems to be major, although she is 16 years and 6 months old as per high- school certificate. The said age has been deliberately suppressed. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 28.10.2025. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. Learned counsel for the informant and learned A.G.A. have vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Shri Prakash Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Kamlesh Kumar Bharti, Pushpa Kumari Mohan Kol @ Sandeep Kol .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 4 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 6. Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration the statement of the victim recorded under Section 183 BNSS, which indicates her consent, and without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case, prima-facie the Court is of the view that the applicant has made out a case for bail. The bail application is allowed. 7. Let the applicant- Mohan Kol @ Sandeep Kol, be released on bail on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties to the satisfaction of the court concerned, subject to verification of sureties, with the conditions that he shall not tamper with evidence or intimidate witnesses and shall appear before the trial court as required. 8. Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. May 14, 2026 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 15431 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- RAVI KANT High Court of Judicature at Allahabad