$~54 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 2372/2025 & CRL.M.A. 18889/2025 MOHD. MANOON @ MONTY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pushpander Kumar, Advocate versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State with Insp. Yogender, PS Chankyapuri CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA O R D E R % 07.07.2025 [Physical Hearing/Hybrid Hearing (as per request)] 1. The accused/applicant seeks bail in case FIR No. 156/2024 of PS Chanakayapuri under Section 78 BNS read with Section 12 &14 POCSO Act and Section 67B IT Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is that while running his grocery shop, he used to click with his mobile phone pictures of chest and buttocks of girls who would come for purchase. The explanation advanced on behalf of accused/applicant is that he used to click the pictures so that he may show the same to parents of the concerned customer girl and claim costs of grocery. Admittedly, a number of photographs do not depict face. 3. After addressing partly, learned counsel for accused/applicant seeks permission to withdraw this application with the request to direct the trial This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 08/07/2025 at 11:56:18 court to expedite the hearing on charge. 4. Accordingly, the application is dismissed as withdrawn. 5. Learned trial court is requested to prepone the hearing dated 17.09.2025 (which was fixed for charge) according to the board of the Court. GIRISH KATHPALIA, J JULY 7, 2025 ‘rs’ Click here to check corrigendum, if any This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 08/07/2025 at 11:56:18