CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 2259 of 2025 at Allahabad

Neutral Citation No. - 2025:AHC:69220 Court No. - 65 Case :- CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 2259 of 2025 Applicant :- Sant Kumar Pathak Opposite Party :- State of U.P. Counsel for Applicant :- A.T. Pandey Counsel for Opposite Party :- G.A. Hon'ble Krishan Pahal,J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri A.K. Mishra, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 565 of 2024, U/S 64(2) (J), 76 B.N.S., Police Station Nichlaul, District Maharajganj, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to be involved in the exercise of exorcism and is stated to have spiked the eatables and rendered the daughter of the informant incapable of resistance and thereafter, fondled with her on 13.11.2024 at about 3.00 pm. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. It is stated that he has nothing to do with the said offence. It is stated that FIR is delayed by more than one day and the