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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT ALLAHABAD

CRIMINAL MISC. BAIL APPLICATION No. - 15222 of 2026

Ravi Kumar

.....Applicant(s)

Versus

State of U.P.

.....Opposite

Party(s)

Counsel for Applicant(s) : Somit Shukla

Counsel for Opposite Party(s) : G.A.

Court No. - 65

(Sr. No.15 out of 259)

HON'BLE KRISHAN PAHAL, J.

1. List has been revised.

2. Heard Sri Rajnish Tripathi, Advocate holding brief of Sri Somit Shukla,

learned counsel for applicant, Sri Sunil Kumar, learned A.G.A. for the State

and perused the material placed on record.

3. The present bail application has been filed by the applicant in Case Crime

No.74 of 2024, under Sections 452, 376, 506, 507 IPC and 67 IT Act, Police

Station Narakhi, District Firozabad with the prayer to enlarge him on bail.

4. This is the third bail application on behalf of the applicant. The first one

was rejected by this Court vide order dated 19.3.2025, passed in Criminal

Misc. Bail Application No.27762 of 2024 and the following order was

passed:

"1. List has been revised.

2. Heard Sri Ajay Kumar Dwivedi, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Sanjeev

Kumar Mishra, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri R.P. Patel, learned State

Law Officer and perused the record. Rejoinder affidavit filed by the learned counsel for the

applicant today is taken on record.

3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 74 of 2024, under Sections 452, 376, 506, 507

I.P.C. and Section 67 of I.T. Act, Police Station Narakhi, District Firozabad, during the

pendency of trial.

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4. Learned counsel for the applicant has stated that the applicant is innocent and he has

been falsely implicated in the present case. He has nothing to do with the said offence. It is

next stated that the FIR is delayed and there is no explanation of the said delay caused.

The allegations are per se false as the video was seen by the husband of the victim only

and no other person has seen the said video, as such it cannot be termed as viral as viral

video has to be seen by number of persons. It is next stated that there is no recovery of any

video, rather the video is stated to have been deleted by the victim and there is only screen

shot which was provided to the Investigating Officer by the husband of the victim. The

applicant is languishing in jail for more than one year and he is cooperating in trial.

5. Per contra, learned counsel for the informant as well as learned A.G.A. have vehemently

opposed the bail on the ground that the applicant had posted the said indecent video on

Facebook and once it is posted and seen by a person, it amounts to having been made viral

on social media. There is nothing on record to suggest as to how many persons have seen

it, as such the applicant is not entitled for bail as the applicant has misused his clout and

posted the indecent video on social media for the reasons best known to him only.

6. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and taking into consideration the fact that

the applicant had posted the indecent video of the victim on the social media i.e. Facebook

and the screen shot of the said video being posted on the said platform which stands

mentioned in the FIR itself, I do not find it a fit case for grant of bail to the applicant.

7. The bail application is found devoid of merits and is, accordingly, rejected

8. However, it is directed that the aforesaid case pending before the trial court be decided

expeditiously, in view of the principle laid down in the recent judgements of the Supreme

Court in the cases of Vinod Kumar vs. State of Punjab 2015 (3) SCC 220 and Hussain

and Another vs. Union of India (2017) 5 SCC 702, if there is no legal impediment.

9. It is clarified that the observations made herein are limited to the facts brought in by the

parties pertaining to the disposal of bail application and the said observations shall have

no bearing on the merits of the case during trial."

5. The second bail application was rejected by this Court vide order dated

23.07.2025, passed in Criminal Misc. Bail Applicat