% 19.02.2026
1. By way of this application, the petitioner seeks anticipatory bail in
connection with FIR No. 511/2025, dated 14.10.2025, registered at P.S.
Subzi Mandi, under Section 376(2)(m) of the Indian Penal Code, 1860
[“IPC”], Section 64(2)(m) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023
[“BNS”], and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences
Act, 2012 [“POCSO Act”].
2. I have heard Mr. Kshitij Gaur, learned counsel for the petitioner,
and Mr. Hitesh Vali, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.
The prosecutrix is present in person, alongwith her mother, and is
identified by the Investigating Officer. She has been offered the
assistance of legal aid counsel, but has declined the same.
