SUBHAN ALI vs THE STATE NCT OF DELH I AND ANR

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision : 15.01.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4422/2024 SUBHAN ALI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rizwan Durrani, Mr. Malik Abdurrahman, Mr. Himanshu Gupta, Mr. Shivam & Mr. Ali Muzaffar, Advocates. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELH I AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J (ORAL) 1. The present bail application has been under Section 483 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNSS’) on behalf of the applicant, seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 232/2024, dated 23.07.2024, registered at Police Station Sonia Vihar, Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 75/76 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS’) and Sections 10/12 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereafter ‘POCSO Act’). 2. Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered on the complaint of victim ‘S’ in which she had stated that on 15.07.2024, her friend Sakina, who is the daughter of the accused, had taken her to her house, and at her house, the accused/applicant had called