AMAR PAL NANHEY vs STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) AND ANR

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 06.10.2025 Date of Decision: 25.10.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3147/2025 & CRL. M.A. 29566/2025 AMAR PAL NANHEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Lokesh Kumar Mishra, Mr. Vinay Kumar, Mr. I. Khan and Mr. Revansh, Advs. versus STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for State CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 1. The instant application has been preferred under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 20231 read with Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19722, seeking the release of the petitioner, Amar Pal Nanhe, on regular bail. The petitioner is an accused in FIR No. 246/2024, registered at PS - Ghazipur, for the offences punishable under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 18603 and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 20124. 1 Hereinafter “BNSS” 2 Hereinafter CrPC 3 Hereinafter “IPC” 4 Hereinafter “POCSO Act” Signature Not Verified Signed By:SHILPI BAIL APPLN. 3147/2025 Page 1 of 9 Signing Date:29.10.2025 13:03:32 PROSECUTION’S CASE: 2. The gravamen of the accusation dates back to 31.07.2024, when information was received regarding the victim/prosecutrix („R‟), a minor girl aged 16 years, alleging sexual assault. The prosecutrix‟s complaint stated that she was in a relationship with co-accused Satbir, but that the petitioner herein and co-accused Luv Kush also committed rape upon her on various occasions, which resulted in her pregnancy and led to the Medical Termination of Pregnancy (MTP) on 05.08.2024. 3. The MLC of the prosecutrix recorded a history of sexual assault by the three named accused and returned a Positive Urine Pregnancy Test (UPT). The prosecutrix also alleged that the accused persons used video evid