HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD LUCKNOW CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 4225 of 2026 Sunil Kumar Verma .....Applicant(s) Versus State Of U.P. Thru. Prin. Secy. Home Lko. And Another .....Opposite Party(s) Counsel for Applicant(s) : Awadhesh Kumar Pal Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A. Court No. - 11 HON'BLE SUBHASH VIDYARTHI, J. 1. Heard Sri Awadhesh Kumar Pal, the learned counsel for the applicant as well as Smt. Ranjana Srivastava, the learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record. 2. The instant application has been filed seeking release of the applicant on bail in Case Crime No.181 of 2026, under Sections 69 B.N.S, registered at Police Station Pihani, District Hardoi. 3. The aforesaid case has been registered on the basis of F.I.R. lodged on 10.04.2026 stating that the complainant possesses the degrees of M.A. B.Ed. Her marriage was settled with the applicant and bariksha ceremony was performed. Thereafter, the applicant started visiting the rented accommodation of the complainant and made physical relations with her repeatedly. Ultimately, the applicant demanded Rs.11 Lakhs in tilak ceremony and as family members of the complainant could not fulfill the demand, the matrimonial alliance was broken down and the articles of each other parties were returned. The complainant alleges that the applicant is harassing her on the strength of the photographs available in his mobile phone.

4. In the statement of the complainant recorded under Section 180 B.N.S.S., she stated that applicant is a distant relative to complainant and BAIL No. 4225 of 2026 2 she liked the applicant for the past four years. Her marriage was settled with the applicant about two years ago but as a demand of dowry was raised, the matrimonial alliance was broken down and she had suffered defamation. She stated that both of them made physical relations on numerous occasions. 5. The medico legal examination report of the complainant mentions no mark of injury or sign of use of force. As per medico legal examination report the age of complainant is 35 years. 6. In the statement of the complainant recorded under Section 183 B.N.S.S., she reiterated her earlier version 7. In the affidavit filed in support of the bail application, it has been stated that the applicant is an innocent person and he has been falsely implicated in the present case and he has no criminal history. 8. The learned A.G.A. has opposed the bail application and she has submitted that the allegations have been established during investigation and a charge-sheet has already been submitted on 30.04.2026.

9. Having considered the aforesaid facts and circumstances of the case and keeping in view the fact that the complainant is a well educated mature woman, aged 35 years and she had willingly made physical relations without marrying the applicant, there had been long standing relationship between the complainant and applicant, their marriage was fixed which could not be materialized, prima facie there is nothing to indicate that the intention of the applicant since inception was to deceive the complainant and that the applicant has no criminal history and he is languishing in jail since 11.04.2026, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to be enlarged on bail. 10. Accordingly, this bail application stands allowed. 11. Let the applicant- Sunil Kumar Verma be released on bail in aforementioned case on furnishing a personal bond and two sureties each BAIL No. 4225 of 2026 3 in the like amount to the satisfaction of Magistrate/Court concerned, subject to the following conditions: - (i) the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence; (ii) the applicant shall not pressurize the prosecution witnesses; (iii) the applicant shall appear on each and every date fixed by the trial court. (Subhash Vidyarthi,J.) June 17, 2026 Arti/- Digitally signed by :- ARTI MAURYA High Court of Judicature at Allahabad, Lucknow Bench