HABIBUR MOLLA @ SONU vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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* I N T H E H I G H CO U RT O F DE L H I AT NE W DE L H I Reserved on: January 15, 2026 % Pronounced on: January 21, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3249/2025 HABIBUR MOLLA @ SONU .....Applicant Through: Mr. Deeparghya Datta, Mr. Prem Nath Upadhyay and Mr. Akshay Chandra, Advs. Versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State with Ms. Vanshika Singh and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates and SI Aarti Yadav, SI Amisha, Main IO and SI Kamal Kant (Arresting Officer), PS.: Kapashera. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. By virtue of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 20231, the applicant, namely Habibur Molla @ Sonu S/o Sirajul Molla seeks grant of regular bail in proceeding arising out of FIR No.242/2024 registered at Police Station Kapashera, Delhi, under Section(s) 363/366(A)/370/376/506/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 18602, 1 Hereinafter referred to as ‘BNSS’ 2 Hereinafter referred to as ‘IPC’ BAIL APPLN. 3249/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:21.01.2026 02:36:37 Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 20123 and Sections 3/4 of the Immoral Traffic Prevention Act. 2. Briefly put, it is the case of the prosecution against the applicant that an FIR came to be registered on 10.05.2024 at the instance of the mother of prosecutrix4, alleging that her minor daughter had been missing since 08:00 A.M. on 10.05.2024. 3. During the course of investigation, the co-accused namely Rashid Sardar and Rimpa Sardar were apprehended from New Bamroli Road, near Bank of Baroda, Surat, Gujarat, and the prosecutrix was recovered from their custody. The said co-accused, who were residing in the same vicini