SULEMAN SAMAD vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 29.01.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4266/2024 SULEMAN SAMAD ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Shikhar Khare, Mr. Shahzeb Ahmed, Mr. Shashi Kumar, Mr. Adeel Ahmad Khan, Mr. Wasil Khan & Mr. Utkarsh Advocates. versus STATE OF N.C.T. OF DELHI ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Raj Kumar, APP for the State along with ASI Ompal. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The present bail application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [hereafter ‘BNSS’] has been filed on behalf of the applicant, seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 0103/2023, registered at Police Station Vasant Vihar, Delhi for offences punishable under Sections 354/354A of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] and Section 8 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [hereafter „POCSO Act’]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case as per prosecution are that on 26.03.2023, the accused/applicant herein had visited the house of 3. The learned counsel appearing for the accused/applicant argued that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the present