PARASRAM@ PARAS vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 12.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2087/2025 PARASRAM@ PARAS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikas Singh and Mr. Abhinav Chauhan, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Dr. Chandrakant and Ms. Puja Mann, Advs. and with SI Ayushi Sirohi. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 745/2020, registered at Police Station Khajuri Khas, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 363/376/109/174A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’] and Section 6/17/21 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [hereafter ‘POCSO Act’]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that the present FIR was BAIL APPLN. 2087/2025 Page 1 of 6 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:13.08.2025 17:07:31 initially registered for offence under Section 363 of IPC on the complaint of Ms. „A‟, mother of victim „P‟, who had informed that her daughter had gone missing on 11.09.2020. On 02.11.2020, the victim „P‟, alongwith one another victim „K‟, was recovered from Raksaul, Bihar. The allegations, as evident from the statements of the victim recorded by the police and by the Magistrate under Section 164 of Cr.P.C., are that the present accused had kidnapped the victim „P‟ and had taken her to Bihar along with co-accused Punam and his step-daughter „K‟. It is alleged that the accused had committed aggravated penetrative sexual assault on victim „P‟ and „K‟ when they were in Bihar. Victim „P‟ was 13 years old at the time of incident while vic