JUDGMENT :

Krishan Pahal, J.

1. List has been revised. As informed by learned A.G.A., notice has been served to the informant on 4.1.2025.

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

3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 0386 of 2024, U/S 363, 366, 376 IPC and 5M/6 and 3/4 POCSO Act, Police Station Tundla, District Firozabad, during the pendency of trial.

4. 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 further stated that two girls have eloped with their respective boyfriends.

5. It is stated that the victim is the consenting party, as is evident from her statement recorded u/s 164 Cr.P.C. She has categorically stated that she had gone with the applicant all the way to Gwalior and had married him in a temple. She has also expressed her willingness to spend her life with the applicant. She was pregnant by about one month at that time.

6. Several other submissions h