HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT JAMMU Bail App. No. 28/2025 CrlM No. 182/2025 Liakat Ali …..Petitioner Through: Mr. Harpreet Singh, Advocate vice Mr. Aditya Sharma, Advocate Vs UT of J&K & Anr. .….Respondents Through: Mr. Adarsh Bhagat, GA for R-1 CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY DHAR, JUDGE ORDER (07.10.2025) 01. Through the medium of the present petition, the petitioner is seeking bail in anticipation of his arrest in FIR No. 165/2025 for offence under Sections 74, 115(2) of BNS and Section 75 of Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children Act), 2015 registered with Police Station, Bhadarwah. 02. Vide interim order dated 07.02.2025 passed by this Court, interim anticipatory bail was granted to the petitioner. The said order is still in force. 03. Status report stands filed by respondent-Investigating Agency in which it has been submitted that investigation Serial No. 09 2 Bail App. No. 28/2025 of the case is complete and the challan has been laid before the competent court. It has been further submitted that minor girl during the course of investigation denied the allegations that the petitioner had committed any wrong with her, therefore, offences under Sections 9/10 of the POCSO Act, 2012 were dropped. However, offences under Sections 74/115/333 of BNS and Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act, were established against the petitioner. 04. Having regard to the fact that the investigation of the case is complete and the challan against the petitioner has already been filed before the competent court and there is no allegation in the status report filed by the investigating agency indicating any misuse of concession of interim bail by the petitioner, the interim bail granted to the petitioner in terms of order dated 07.02.2025 is made absolute subject to the conditions contained therein. 05. Disposed of. 7.10.20252. (SANJAY DHAR) JUDGE JAMMU 07.10.2025 SUNIL