VARUN KUMAR SINGH vs STATE (SHO RAJINDER NAGAR)

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$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 24.12.2025 Judgment Delivered on: 03.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3015/2025 VARUN KUMAR SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Neeraj Kumar Jha and Mr. Rohit Kumar, Advs. versus STATE (SHO RAJINDER NAGAR) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tarang Srivastava, APP for State with S.I. Dharmendra, P.S. Rajinder Nagar, Delhi. Ms. Vrinda Bhandari and Ms. Nitya Jain, Advs. for Prosecutrix. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J 1. The present petition has been filed on behalf of the petitioner under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) seeking regular bail in connection with FIR No. 357/2023 dated 12.08.2023 registered under Sections 363/366A/376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Section 4 of the POCSO Act, 2012. 2. The case of the prosecution, as borne out from the chargesheet dated 10.10.2023 and the status report dated 22.08.2025, is that on 12.08.2023, a PCR call vide DD No. 38 was received from the complainant. Thereafter, a case was registered upon the statement of the complainant, who alleged that his daughter (hereinafter, ‘the prosecutrix’), aged about 141/2 years, at Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NARENDRA SINGH BAIL APPLN. 3015/2025 Page 1 of 11 ASWAL Signing Date:03.02.2026 20:12:50 around 11:00 AM went behind the Ganga Ram City Hospital to get tea, from where she was taken away by the petitioner, who also happens to be a friend of the prosecutrix. 3. During the course of investigation, the prosecutrix and the petitioner were traced to Hotel Taj King Residency, Agra, Uttar Pradesh on 18.08.2023. Subsequently, both the prosecutrix as well as the petitioner were brought back from Agra to PS Rajinder Nagar, Delhi. 4. During interrogation,