HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 31431 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sr. No.10 out of 185) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. Learned State Law Officer has informed that notice to the informant has been served on 7.8.2026. 2. Heard Sri Sunil Kumar Dubey, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.165 of 2026, under Sections 352, 115(2), 351(2), 74 BNS, Section 7/8 POCSO Act and Section 66E of I.T. Act, Police Station Partapur, District Meerut, 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 allegations levelled against him are per se false and baseless. It is submitted that the applicant neither misused his clout nor blackmailed the victim with a threat to make any indecent photographs viral on social media. It is further submitted that no indecent photographs or any other incriminating photographs have been recovered from the possession of the applicant. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 22.3.2026. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail. 5. Learned State Law Officer has vehemently opposed the bail application but the submissions raised by the learned counsel for the applicant could not be disputed. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Sunil Kumar Dubey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Sohil Khan .....Applicant(s) State Of Up And 3 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 fact that no indecent photographs or any other incriminating photographs have been recovered from the possession of the applicant, 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- Sohil Khan, be released on bail in the aforementioned case crime 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. September 8, 2026 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 31431 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad