ANKIT KUMAR vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 28.05.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1492/2025 ANKIT KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. J. P. Singh, Advocate. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for State and Ms. Divya Yadav with SI Arun Kumar and Inspector Vikram Singh, PS Prem Nagar. Mr. Yogesh Kumar, Advocate for Prosecutrix. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 197/2024 of PS Prem Nagar for offence under Section 323/328/342/354D/363/376/506/ 109/34 IPC and 6/17 POCSO Act. 2. In furtherance of last order, Status Report was filed on behalf of respondent. 3. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP BAIL APPLN. 1492/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.05.28 17:11:51 +05'30' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:28.05.2025 17:52:15 for the State as well as learned counsel for prosecutrix. 4. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case is that the prosecutrix aged about 14 years was kidnapped from Delhi by accused Vishnu and taken to Calcutta, from where she was taken to Mumbai. In Mumbai, Vishnu and the prosecutrix stayed at the house of the accused Sanjay for one week. At the house of Sanjay, one Salman and the accused/applicant were also residing. According to the statement of the prosecutrix, when Sanjay, Salman and the accused/applicant used to go out for work, accused Vishnu used to rape her daily. That happened for one week after which Vishnu took her to Calcutta but was being followed by police, so he returned to the house of accused Sanjay, who initially refused to let them stay in his house but later he permitted them to stay. Thereafter,