CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 26893 of 2024 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:61744 Court No. - 47 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 26893 of 2024 Applicant :- Vikky Rao Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Rajeev Kumar Singh Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Siddharth,J. Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.G.A for the State. There are allegations against the applicant of abduction of minor girl with intent to marry and commission of offence of rape.. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that as per report of the C.M.O., the age of the victim is 17 years .Given margin of one year on higher side, she can be considered to be major.As per statement of the victim recorded under section 164 Cr.P.C. she is clearly a consenting party.After she came back, she again eloped with applicant and second First Information Report has been lodged by her parents against the applicant. Only one prosecution witness has examined.The applicant is in jail since 10.9.2021 and has no criminal history to his credit. On the other hand learned A.G.A has opposed the prayer for bail. Keeping in view the nature of the offence, evidence, complicity of the accused, submissions of the