CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PURNENDU SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 28-01-2026 Heard Mr. Davendra Kumar Pandey, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners and Ms. Ajit Kumar, learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioners seek pre-arrest bail in connection with Nathnagar P.S. Case No. 152/2025 registered for the offence(s) punishable under Sections 126(2),115(2),109, 96, 352 and 3(5) of the BNS .

3. As per the allegation made in the FIR, the co-

accused namely, Karan Tani, who is brother of the petitioners, had lured away the minor daughter of the informant, who was aged about 17 years, 2 months and 11 days, with an intention to perform marriage with her.

4. Learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioners submitted that the petitioners are innocent and they have falsely been implicated in the present case because they are brother and sister of the co-accused Karan Tanti, who is in jail, who has just emerged as an adult and natural attraction for the opposite sex cannot be denied coupled with the several psychological and physiological change person undergo. The victim girl in her statement recorded under Section 183 BNSS before the concerned magistrate, has stated that she has