CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 4174 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4174 of 2026 Mohd Kaif .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Ravindra Prakash Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Sudhir Kumar Tripathi Court No. - 65 (Sr. No.51 out of 296) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. 2. Heard Sri Ravindra Prakash Srivastava, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Sudhir Kumar Tripathi, learned counsel for the informant, Sri V.K.S. Parmar, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.168 of 2025, under Sections 65(1), 87, 137(2) B.N.S. and 5/6 POCSO Act, Police Station Tiwaripur, District Gorakhpur, 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. The victim has married the applicant and has gone with him to Mumbai and stayed there. There is no documentary evidence to suggest that the victim was minor, although she is 17 years old. The applicant himself is a 20-year- old youth. The FIR itself is delaye