Taleem Ansari v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 13805 of 2026 Court No. - 65 (Sr. No.46 out of 205) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

¶1List has been revised.

¶2Heard Sri Zaid Arshad, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Nitin Raj Singh, learned counsel for the informant, Sri Rajendra Prasad Singh, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record.

¶3Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.135 of 2024, under Sections 376, 363, 366, 506 IPC, 3/4 POCSO Act and 3/5(1) U.P. Anti Conversion Law, Police Station Kaondhiyara, District Allahabad, during the pendency of trial.

¶4Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. The FIR is delayed by more than one day, and there is no explanation for the said delay. The victim is a consenting party, as she had gone with the applicant all the way to Pune, but has stated that the applicant subsequently tried to force her into conversion. The said allegations are false. The victim, by her physical appearance, seems to be major, although, as per Class IX school certificate, she was more than 17 years old. There is no valid document to suggest that she was minor. The applicant himself is a youth aged about 21 years. A matter of a consensual relationship between two adolescents has been converted into a criminal case by the informant. The applicant has no criminal history and is in jail since 02.07.2024. He undertakes to cooperate with the trial and not misuse the liberty of bail. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Zaid Arshad Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Nitin Raj Singh

Taleem Ansari .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s)

¶5Learned counsel for the informant and learned State Law Officer have vehemently opposed the bail application but could not dispute the submissions made by the counsel for the applicant.

¶6Considering the facts and circumstances of the case, submissions made by learned counsel for the parties, the evidence on record, taking into consideration that the matter of a consensual relationship between two adolescents has been converted into a criminal case by the informant, 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-Taleem Ansari, 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.

¶8Breach of any condition shall entail cancellation of bail. The observations herein shall not affect the trial on merits. May 5, 2026 (Ravi Kant) BAIL No. 13805 of 2026 (Krishan Pahal,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad High Court of Judicature at Allahabad