SHEIKH ASIKUL vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3062/2024 SHEIKH ASIKUL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pritish Sabharwal, Mr. Sanjeet Kumar, Ms. Shweta Singh and Mr. Shiv Chopra, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with SI Lokesh Kumar, PS Govind Puri Ms. Gunjan Sinha Jain and Ms. Sakshi, Advocates for prosecutrix CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The applicant/accused seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 110/2018 of Police Station Govind Puri for the offence under Section 323/342/376D/34 IPC & Section 6 POCSO Act. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for State as well as learned counsel for prosecutrix. BAIL APPLN. 3062/2024 Page 1 of 4 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c 6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID KATHPALIA - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80 cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.13 17:13:13 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:13.02.2026 17:22:57 2. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case is as follows. The prosecutrix, a resident of Bangladesh, immigrated to India and she is not conversant with any language other than Bangla. With the help of translator, on her complaint the FIR was registered alleging that about five months back, she was brought from Kolkata by the accused/applicant with the promise to give job and she stayed in his house where two more persons including his brother Raju Sheikh were residing. Those three persons including the accused/applicant repeate