ASHRAF vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 06.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 543/2026 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 261/2026 ASHRAF .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Harshith Pottangi and Mr. Priyam Kaushik, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with SI Reena and SI Ekta, PS Dwarka CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 125/2023 of Police Station Dwarka, Sector-23 for offence under Section 323/341 IPC & Section 6/10 POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, allegation against the accused/applicant is as follows. The FIR was registered on the statement of mother of the child victim. According to the version given by two children of the first informant, the accused/applicant used to forcibly take both children to his BAIL APPLN. 543/2026 pages 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant refers to the testimony of PW4, the first informant, who has not supported the prosecution case in her chief examination. It is c