ANKIT LAKRA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 06.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4565/2025 ANKIT LAKRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sachin Pahwa and Mrs. Param Kaur Pahwa, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with SI Ankita and SI Chanchal. Mr. Archit Upadhayay, Advocate for victim with victim and mother of victim in person. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 370/2023 of Police Station Pul Prahlad Pur for offence under Section 376 IPC and Section 6 of POCSO Act. 2. In furtherance of last order, DHCLSC appointed a legal aid counsel to represent the prosecutrix. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for State as well as learned DHCLSC counsel for the prosecutrix. BAIL APPLN. 4565/2025 Page 1 of 5 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, Signature Not Verified GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff8 Digitally Signed 01e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.06 17:46:53 -08'00' By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:06.02.2026 17:52:26 3. Broadly speaking, FIR against the accused/applicant was registered on the statement of the prosecutrix in which, she disclosed her age as 17 years and stated that she knew her neighbour Ankit (the accused/applicant), with whom she developed friendship, and they established physical relations at their homes repeatedly, but she did not disclose about the same to anyone; that later in the month of April 2023, she went to the home of the accused/applic