CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 3020 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:46657 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 3020 of 2025 Applicant :- Pradeep Chauhan Opposite Party :- State Of U.P. And 3 Others Counsel for Applicant :- Shashi Dhar Shukla Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. As informed by learned State Law Officer, notice to the informant has been served on 12.01.2025 but none is present on behalf of the informant. 2. Heard Sri Shashi Dhar Shukla, learned counsel for the applicant and Ms. Ifrah Islam, learned State Law Officer and also perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 428 of 2024, under Sections 137(2), 87, 65(1) of BNS and Sections 5/6 of POCSO Act, Police Station - Mahuli, District - Sant Kabir Nagar, 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. He has nothing to do with the said offence as alleged in the FIR. The applicant is not named in the FIR. His name has come up during investigation. 5. Learned counsel has also stated that the victim is the consenting party as