INDERJEET vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 376/2026 & CRL.M.A. 2900/2026 INDERJEET .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Vanshika Gupta, proxy counsel versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with SI Sonia Rathi, PS Kanjhawala CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 218/2023 of PS Kanjhawala for offence under Section 363/366/376 IPC & 6/21 POCSO Act. 2. I have heard learned proxy counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for State assisted by SI Sonia Rathi. 3. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case, as culled out of FIR is that the prosecutrix was repeatedly raped by her father and thereafter, she developed friendship with her neighbour who is the present accused/applicant. In her FIR itself, the prosecutrix stated that she fell in love with the BAIL APPLN. 376/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801 e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.29 18:02:51 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:29.01.2026 18:05:12 accused/applicant and got married with him, but even after her marriage, her parents used to call her home and there her father used to forcibly establish sexual relations with her. When the prosecutrix shared all this with the accused/applicant, he called police, after which the matter was also referred to the Women’s Commission. On the basis of these allegations, FIR was