# SEEMA KHATRI vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2025-05-13
Citation: BAIL APPLN.-961/2025 2025:DHC:3629
Petitioner: SEEMA KHATRI
Respondent: STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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## Judgment text (excerpt)

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 13.05.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 961/2025 SEEMA KHATRI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Chanderkant Tyagi, Advocate versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Mr. Ashok Kumar Chhikara, Advocate Respondent no. 2 in person CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 718/2024, registered at Police Station Burari, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 65/49 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, Sections 5/7 of the Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 and Sections 4/17 of the Prevention of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 and Section 10 of Prohibition of Child Marriage BAIL APPLN. 961/2025 2006. 2. Briefly stated, the present case was registered on 14.11.2024 on the ground that the victim/respondent no. 2 was rescued from the house of the present applicant during a raid conducted by an NGO along with the concerned SDM. The FIR was lodged at the instance of the SDM. The 

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