GOVIND RAM vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 16th September, 2025 Pronounced on: 19th September, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1866/2025 GOVIND RAM S/o Sh. Krishan Ram R/o H.No.F-281/25, First Floor, Ward No.2, Mehrauli, New Delhi. .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Neelakshi Bhadauria, Mr. Sarthak Karol, Mr. Abhishek Kumar Singh, Ms. Tanishka Pawar and Mr. Shashank Sharma, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI Through SHO, P.S. Mehrauli. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for State with SI Vinod Kumar, PS: Mehrauli Ms. Riya Arora, Advocate for Victim CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Second Bail Application under Section 483 read with Section 528 BNSS has been filed on behalf of the Applicant/Petitioner Govind Ram for grant of Bail in FIR No.0345/2023 under Section 8 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 registered at Police Station Mehrauli, Delhi. Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS BAIL APPLN. 1866/2025 Page 1 of 9 ARORA Signing Date:19.09.2025 19:29:03 2. The Applicant has submitted that he is 64 years old, resident of Mehrauli, New Delhi. He has been working as a driver for more than 20 years and has no criminal antecedents. He was apprehended on 10.07.2023 for the offence under Section of POCSO Act and is in custody since then. 3. The brief facts are that a Complaint was lodged by the Complainant Smt. H that on 09.07.2023 at about 07:00 P.M while she was coming back home from her office, she saw the Applicant with the victim H. Both of them had allegedly pulled down their respective pants and knickers and were masturbating with each other. She confronted the Applicant and tried to catch hold of him, but he ran away. The neighbours informed that the Applicant was residing