Shivraj Singh Yadav v. State of U.P. and 3 Others

HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION U/S 482 BNSS No. - 9214 of 2026

Shivraj Singh Yadav	.....Applicant(s)
	Versus
State Of U.P. And 3 Others	.....Opposite Party(s)
Counsel for Applicant(s) Counsel for Opposite Party(s)	: Hukum Singh, Puneet Bhadauria : G.A.

Court No. - 71

HON'BLE RAJIV LOCHAN SHUKLA, J.

1. Heard, Learned counsel for the applicant, the Learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

1. The present anticipatory bail application has been filed on behalf of the applicant in Case Crime No.346 of 2025, under Sections 74, 351(3) of BNS and Section 9m/10 POCSO Act, Police Station- Bharthana, District Etawah, with a prayer to enlarge him on anticipatory bail as the applicant apprehends his arrest in the above-mentioned case.

1. Learned counsel for the applicant has contended that the applicant is an old man, aged about 85 years, and has been falsely nominated in the present case. The offences in question, in the event of conviction, do not entail a punishment of more than seven years. Learned counsel has further submitted that although the offence alleged against the applicant is molesting a seven-year-old child, the applicant, being an 85-year-old man, is incapable of committing sexual assault.