CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. 780 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 780 of 2026 Shashank Shekhar Shukla .....Applicant(s) Versus State of U.P. .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Lalit Kumar Misra, Raj Kumar Kesari Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A., Pradhumn Kumar Pandey Court No. - 70 HON'BLE JAI PRAKASH TIWARI, J. 1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the informant as well as the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. This application has been moved on behalf of the applicant seeking anticipatory bail in Case Crime No. 690 of 2025, under Sections 69, 352, 351(3), 308(3) BNS, Police Station Cantt, District Gorakhpur. 3. It has been submitted by the learned counsel for the applicant that applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present matter due to ulterior motive. It is next submitted that, at the time of the incident, the victim was a major, and as per the radiological report, she was about 30 years of age. It is further submitted that the relationship between the applicant and the victim developed through social media platform Instagram. There is denial of any alleg