JUDGMENT :

Krishan Pahal, J.

1. List has been revised.

2. Heard learned counsel for the applicant as well as Sri R.M. Yadav, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the material placed on record.

3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 254 of 2024, U/S 87, 64(1) B.N.S., Police Station Shamshabad, District Agra, during the pendency of trial.

4. As per prosecution story, on 10.8.2021 at about 10.00 am, the applicant is stated to have tried to entice away the victim from her house to Fatehabad, whereby on her raising of alarm, he is stated to have panicked, as such, the victim managed to save herself.

5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. It is stated that he has nothing to do with the said offence. It is stated that FIR is delayed by about 8 days and there is no explanation of the said delay caused.

6. Learned counsel has further stated that the allegations have been inflated in the statement of the victim recorded u/s 183 B.N.S.S., whereby she has stated that the applicant had spiked her drink and had taken her to a hot