CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 18777 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 18777 of 2026 Jitendra Yadav .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lakshmi Devi, Pankaj Dwivedi Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 4 HON'BLE ARUN KUMAR SINGH DESHWAL, J. 1. Heard Ms. Lakshmi Devi, learned counsel for the applicant, Sri Ananad Pratap Singh, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. Instant bail application has been filed with a prayer to release the applicant on bail during the trial in Case Crime No. 67 of 2026, under Sections 87, 69, 351(3) BNS, Police Station- Belghat, District Gorakhpur. 3. Contention of learned counsel for the applicant is that though in the FIR, allegations have been made that the applicant has enticed away the daughter of first informant, who is admittedly major. After returning, the victim, in her statement recorded under Section 180 BNSS specifically stated that she, being a major, had left her house on her own sweet will, as she is in love affair with the applicant for last three years and stayed with him for 17 days. She further stated that no wrong was committed by the applicant. Howev