Karan v. State of Up Others
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail; Section 438 CrPC; POCSO Act Sections 5/6; IPC Sections 363, 366, 376, 506; summoning under Section 319 CrPC; applicant stated to be aged 11 years 9 months 9 days; Case Crime No. 528/2022, P.S. Baldev, District Mathura; interim bail till conclusion of trial; personal bond Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties; Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra (2011) 1 SCC 694 relied on; Prithviraj Chauhan matter referred (via counsel); no opinion expressed on merits; High Court of Judicature at Allahabad; Neutral Citation 2025:AHC:107558; decided 08.07.2025 by Dr. Gautam Chowdhary, J.; judgment in Hindi (OCR-degraded source).
What did the court decide?
Interim anticipatory bail until conclusion of trial, on furnishing a personal bond of Rs. 50,000/- with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial court, subject to conditions: (i) no tampering with the prosecution evidence; (ii) no influencing or threatening the prosecution witnesses; (iii) appearance before the trial court on fixed dates and times without seeking unnecessary adjournments; (iv) abstention from committing any offence of the kind charged or suspected; and (v) no inducement, threat or dismissal of any person acquainted with the facts so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or police.