SURAJ vs STATE OF NCT DELHI

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$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4392/2025 & CRL.M.A. 34012/2025 SURAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Nain, Mr. Akshay Kumar, Mr. Apurva Singhal and Mr. Anurag Jain, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with W/SI Ridhima, PS Modal Town Ms. Swadha Gupta, Amicus Curiae for complainant de facto CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 319/2025 of PS Model Town for offence under Section 74/75/351(2) of BNS and Section 10 of POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant, aged about 21 years, as culled out of the FIR and statement under Section 183 BNSS is as follows. The complainant de facto, mother of the prosecutrix, aged about 09 years lodged FIR alleging that on 23.05.2025 at about BAIL APPLICATION 4392/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb483 5d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2ee e60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.09 17:39:13 -08'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:09.01.2026 17:41:28 01:00pm when she returned home from work the prosecutrix was crying and on being asked, the prosecutrix disclosed the incident. According to the prosecutrix, on the said day at about 12:00 noon the accused/applicant, who is their neighbour came to her jhuggi when her mother had gone for work and offered her money for sex and pulled her hand and touched it on his own chest to whic