CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. 5280 of 2026 at Allahabad

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 5280 of 2026 Preetam Kumar Gupta .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. And 3 Others .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Anil Kumar Singh, Aryan Srivastava Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : Aradhana Singh, G.A. Court No. - 65 (Sr. No.93 out of 259) HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J. 1. List has been revised. Learned State Law Officer has informed that the notice to the informant has been served on 25.02.2026, but none is present on behalf of the informant. 2. Heard Sri P.C. Srivastava, learned Senior Counsel assisted by Sri Aryan Srivastava, Sri Anand Pratap Singh, learned counsels for the applicant, Ms. Aradhana Singh, learned counsel for the High Court Legal Service Committee, Sri R.P. Patel, learned State Law Officer for the State and perused the material placed on record. 3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No.652 of 2025, under Sections 115(2), 351(3), 352, 64(2)M BNS and Section 5L/6 POCSO Act, Police Station Cantt, District Varanasi, during the pendency of trial. 4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have established corporeal relationship with the victim on the pretext of purc