PRIYA LODHI @ NEHA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 09.06.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1531/2025 PRIYA LODHI @ NEHA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nishank Tyagi, Advocate. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for State with SI Rahul Rathi, PS Sangam Vihar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks interim bail on medical grounds in case FIR No. 448 of 2021 of PS Sangam Vihar for offence under Section 363/376/109/370/328/323/506/509 of IPC read with Section 6/17 of POCSO and Section 3/4 of ITP Act. 2. Learned APP strongly opposes the bail application on the ground of crucial stage of trial as prosecution apprehends that if granted interim bail, the accused/applicant would try to influence the prosecutrix. 3. Since the interim bail sought by the accused/applicant is only on medical ground, it is pointed out to the learned counsel for accused/applicant BAIL APPLN. 1531/2025 pages GIRISH 4. Learned prosecutor also discloses that twice, similar applications of the accused/applicant have already been disposed of by the predecessor benches where one application was dismissed as withdrawn while the other one was dismissed.