HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 33139 of 2026 Court No. - 68 (Sr. No.1 out of 61) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Hriday Narayan Pandey, learned counsel for applicant, Sri Sanjeev Kumar, learned Additional Advocate General assisted by Sri Anit Kumar Shukla, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. This is the second bail application on behalf of the applicant. The first one was rejected by this Court vide order dated 7.5.2026 passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Application No.10785 of 2026. 4. The present bail application has been filed by the applicant in Case Crime No.196 of 2018, under Sections 363, 366, 376-D I.P.C. and Section 5/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station Lohta, District Varanasi with the prayer to enlarge him on bail. 5. As a new ground, learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the victim was in love with the applicant and was married off elsewhere, and subsequently, in order to garner money, the instant FIR has been instituted against him and the complete family members have been implicated in the case. As such, the applicant, who is languishing in jail since 20.7.2018, is entitled to bail. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail. 6. Per contra, learned Additional Advocate General has vehemently opposed the bail application. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Hriday Narayan Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Chhedi Alias Shiv Shankar Seth .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) 7. Learned counsel for the applicant could not produce any new ground for pressing the instant bail application, as such, I do not find it a fit case for grant of bail to the applicant. 8. The instant bail application is found devoid of merits and is, accordingly, rejected. 9. However, it is directed that the aforesaid case pending before the trial court be decided expeditiously, in accordance with law, without granting unnecessary adjournment to either party, if there is no legal impediment. 10. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have no bearing on the merits of the case during trial. September 18, 2026 Vikas Verma BAIL No. 33139 of 2026 2 (Krishan Pahal,J.) Digitally signed by :- VIKAS VERMA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad