RAHUL (THROUGH PAIROKAAR) vs STATE THROUGH IO & ANR.

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$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 10.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1409/2026 & CRL.M.A. 11158/2026 RAHUL (THROUGH PAIROKAAR) .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Madhav Khurana, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Shashank Dewan, Mr. Amit Badesra, Ms. Nikita Dewan, Mr. Ayush Kumar, Ms. Kashvi Bansal and Ms. Ananya, Advocates. versus STATE THROUGH IO & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with SI Pinky. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks interim bail for a period of 10 days in case FIR No. 305/2025 of Police Station Vasant Kunj, North for offence under Section 376/506/509 IPC read with Section 6/12 of POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the interim bail for a period of 10 days is sought by the accused/applicant in order to attend marriage of his brother. Prosecution strongly objects to grant of interim bail in view of the seriousness of allegations and stage of trial. BAIL APPLN. 1409/2026 Page 1 of 2 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.10 05:09:10 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:10.04.2026 17:23:50 3. In the previous call, it was proposed that the accused/applicant can be sent in custody from morning till evening so that he may attend marriage of his brother. Learned APP was agreeable provided the accused/applicant bears the expenses for taking the jail van and guards. But learned senior counsel took passover to obtain instructions. 4. In