MANDIP GYAN SINGH vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

911.BA.2657.2024.doc Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO.2657 OF 2024 Mandip Gyan Singh .. Applicants Versus The State of Maharashtra and Anr. .. Respondent ....................  Ms. Anjali Patil a/w Mr. Tohid Shaikh , Advocate for Applicant.  Ms. Rajeshree V. Newton, APP for Respondent No. 1 – State.  Mr. Karan R. Kadam, Advocate for Respondent No. 2.  Mr. H.G. Jaikar, PSI, NRI Costal Police Station, Navi Mumbai. ......…........... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : FEBRUARY 13, 2025. P.C.: 1. Heard Mr. Shaikh, learned Advocate for Applicant, Ms. Newton, learned APP for Respondent No. 1 – State and Mr. Kadam, learned Advocate for Respondent No. 2. 2. This is an Application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short ‘Cr.P.C.’) seeking Regular Bail in connection with C.R.No. 208 of 2022 registered with N.R.I. Costal Police Station, Navi Mumbai for offences punishable under Sections 363, 376 (2) (j) (n) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short ‘IPC’) and Section 4,8 and 12 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short ‘POCSO’). Applicant is incarcerated for the past 1