SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA2 No. 260 of 2025 Hon'ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Mohd. Umar, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned A.G.A. for the State. 3. This is the second bail application moved on behalf of the applicant seeking bail in reference to FIR dated 15.02.2025, bearing FIR No. 0088 of 2025 registered at P.S. Rudrapur District Udham Singh Nagar wherein he has been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 87, 64, 137 (2) of BNS 2023 read with Section 5/6 of the POCSO Act. 4. The first bail application was rejected on 02.07.2025. 5. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that father of the victim has been declared hostile by the Trial Court and the victim does not support the case of the prosecution, and from her own wish she went with the applicant. He further submits that the applicant is languishing in jail since 20.02.2025, and, therefore, he may be enlarged on bail. 6. On the other side, Mr. Sharma, learned A.G.A. submits that admittedly the victim is minor since at the time when she was examined she was 14 years old, and, therefore, her consent is not relevant. He submits that the trial is going on and in total there are seven prosecution witnesses and two star witnesses have already been examined and remaining are formal, therefore, the trial can be expedited. 7. After hearing the arguments of the learned counsel for the parties I do not find any good ground to release the applicant on bail, however, taking into consideration that the trial is at the concluding stage, the trial court is directed to expedite the trial as early as possible preferably within three months without giving unnecessary adjournment. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 27.04.2026 Parul