Ranjeet Kumar v. State of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Govt. Lko. and 3 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. -12679 of 2025 Court No. -15 HON'BLE KARUNESH SINGH PAWAR, J. Heard Shri Anshuman Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant as well as learned AGA for the State. None appears on behalf of the complainant, although, as per the instructions of learned AGA, notice to the complainant is served. In the prosecution case, it is alleged that the minor daughter of the informant was enticed away by the applicant on 27.08.2025 at about 2:00 p.m. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has no criminal antecedents. It is further submitted that the victim went with the applicant of her own free will and subsequently married him. According to her statement recorded under Section 180 of the BNSS, the victim is stated to be 17 years of age. It is also submitted that in her statement recorded under Section 183 of the BNSS, the victim has reiterated that she had gone with the applicant voluntarily. It is further contended that the victim declined to undergo medical examination. It is further submitted that there is no possibility of the applicant of fleeing away after being released from jail or tampering with the witnesses. In case the applicant is enlarged on bail, he shall not misuse the liberty of bail. Learned A.G.A. opposed the prayer for bail but could not dispute the aforesaid facts as argued by the learned counsel for the applicant. Versus Counsel for Applicant(s) : Nalin Arora, Anshuman Kumar, Anubhav Singh, Vrishank Pathak Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Ranjeet Kumar .....Applicant(s) State Of U.P. Thru. Addl. Chief Secy. Home Govt. Lko. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Upon due consideration of the facts that the applicant has no criminal antecedents; the statements of the victim recorded under Sections 180 and 183 of the BNSS prima facie indicate that she went with the applicant of her own free will; the element of enticement appears to be absent; and the applicant is in judicial custody since 01.09.2025, this Court finds it to be a fit case for enlarging the applicant on bail. Accordingly, the bail application is allowed. Let the applicant Ranjeet Kumar, involved in Crime No. 263/2025, U/s: 137(2)/87 B.N.S. & 16/17 Pocso Act, P.S.-Kamlapur, District-Sitapur, be released on bail in the aforementioned case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each in the like amount to the satisfaction of Magistrate/Court concerned, subject to following conditions:-

(i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence;

(ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses;

(iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial Court. Any other condition(s) which the trial court/concerned court may deem fit and proper, in the circumstances of the case, may also be imposed. It is clarified that the observations made in this order are confined to the present bail application and shall have no bearing on the merits of the trial. December 16, 2025 R.C. BAIL No. 12679 of 2025 (Karunesh Singh Pawar,J.) High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench