AMIT@POINT vs STATE OF NCT & ANR.

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$~30 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 30.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 414/2026 & CRL.M.A. 3150/2026 AMIT@POINT .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Yugansh Mittal, DHCLSC and Mr. Keshav Poonia, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with IO/Inspector Sudhir Rathi and SI Anju, PS NIA CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 1198/2024 of PS Narela Industrial Area for offence under Section 137(2)/65(1)/351 BNS, read with Section 6 of the POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case is that the accused/applicant consistently over a period of time stalked and scared the 14 year old girl to develop relations with him. The FIR was registered on the basis of missing report lodged by father of the prosecutrix, suspecting that the prosecutrix BAIL APPLN. 414/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, Signature Not Verified GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4af ec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacc a, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - KATHPALIA 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d 15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff 801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally Signed Date: 2026.01.30 17:10:40 -08'00' By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:30.01.2026 17:14:22 had been enticed away by someone. In the course of investigation, the prosecutrix was recovered and she gave a detailed complaint about the manner in which the accused/applicant took her to his friend’s office and detained her overnight during which period he sexually assaulted her and even threatened her. 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that there are material contradictions in