2025:UHC:1563 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1/371/2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. V.K. Kaparwan and Ms. Sangeeta Bhardwaj, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned Brief Holder for the State. 3. Present applicant is seeking bail in relation to FIR dated 24.04.2024 bearing FIR No. 01 of 2024, registered at Revenue Police Station, Silka Khal, District – Tehri Garhwal lodged by father of the victim for the offences punishable under Section 363, 376 IPC and under Section 3 / 4 of the POCSO Act. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant is innocent and has been implicated and at the time of incident, applicant was 20 years old and victim was 17 years old and applicant is languishing in jail since 26.04.2024. 5. Apart from this, he further submits that after investigation, charge sheet has already been filed and trial has already commenced, therefore, there is no need of custodial interrogation and the applicant has no previous criminal history. 6. On the other hand, learned State Counsel, on the basis of written instructions, fairly submits that charge sheet has already been filed and trial has already commenced, therefore, there is no need of custodial interrogation and the applicant has no previous criminal history. 7. After hearing learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration the fact that charge-sheet has already been filed, therefore, there is no need of custodial interrogation and applicant has no previous criminal history, therefore, this Court is of the view that applicant deserves for bail. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, bail application is allowed. 8. Let the applicant “Vipin Rawat” be released on bail, on his furnishing a personal bond and two sureties, each of the like amount, to the 2025:UHC:1563 satisfaction of the court concerned. 9. It is made clear that the applicant shall cooperate with the trial and shall not take any adjournment in the trial. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 06.03.2025 SKS