RAM KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR.

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$~60 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 25.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3234/2025 & CRL.M.A. 25061/2025 RAM KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anilendra Pandey and Mr. Kamlesh Upadhyay, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with SI Garima, PS Bawana CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 758/2023 of PS Bawana for offence under Section 354/506 IPC & Section 08 of POCSO Act. 2. Learned APP accepts notice and submits that it is not a fit case at all to grant anticipatory bail in view of the nature of allegations against the accused/applicant. 3. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP, who has also shown me the investigation file containing statement under BAIL APPLN. 3234/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff8 01e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.25 17:37:35 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:25.08.2025 18:00:47 Section 164 CrPC of the prosecutrix. 4. Broadly speaking, the case set up by prosecution through the statement of 10 year old prosecutrix is that whenever she used to visit the grocery shop, the accused/applicant running that shop used to misbehave with her and touched her private parts. The prosecutrix further alleged that the accused/applicant threatened to defame her if she complained before her parents about his conduct. Subsequently, the accuse