VISHWAS PATIL vs STATE OF GNCTD

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 27.04.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 05.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 08.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1010/2026 VISHWAS PATIL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Monesh Kumar Sharma & Mr. Vikrant Dabas, Advocates versus STATE OF GNCTD .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. Ms. Sanya Kumar, Mr. Harsh Jain, Mr. Chiranjeev Singh, Advocates for the victim. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The applicant, by way of the present application, seeks grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 47/2026, registered at Police Station Saket, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 376/354/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’], Section 75 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [hereafter ‘BNS’] and Sections 6/12 of the Protection of BAIL APPLN. 1010/2026 Page 1 of 10 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:08.05.2026 19:10:40 Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 [hereafter ‘POCSO Act’]. 2. The prosecution case, in brief, is that on 26.01.2026, a PCR call vide DD No. 50A had been received at P.S. Saket regarding allegations of sexual abuse made by the minor victim ‘A’, aged about 17 years, daughter of Ms. ‘V’, against her father, i.e. present applicant. Pursuant thereto, inquiry had been initiated, during which the Investigating Officer (I.O.), SI Sonam, recorded the statement of the child at an NGO. In her statement, the victim ‘A’ stated that when she was about 6 years of age, her father had initiated inappropriate physical contact with her, misrepresenting the same as a normal game between a father and daughter. She alleged that he used to touch her private part