SANJAY CHAUHAN & ANR. vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1604/2026 & CRL.M.A. 12874/2026 SANJAY CHAUHAN & ANR. .....Petitioners Through: Mr. Himanshu Saxena, Advocate (through video conferencing) versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with IO/WSI Seema. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 592/2023 of Police Station Najafgarh for offence under Section 376 IPC and Section 4 POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is that he used to visit the kiosk of father of the prosecutrix to purchase cigarettes and that is how he developed friendship with her. Once the prosecutrix was returning home by foot, the accused/applicant suddenly stopped his motorcycle and asked her if he could drop her home. The prosecutrix agreed BAIL APPLN. 1604/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155 70996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26 fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.27 05:07:21 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:27.04.2026 17:41:37 because of acquaintance with him. At that stage, the accused/applicant kissed her and took a picture. On being asked to delete that picture, the accused/applicant stated that he would show the picture to her parents. After that the accused/applicant repeatedly called her at night for sexual favours. This is extracted from testimony of the prosecutrix before the trial court.