BAIL APPLN. 3253/2025 $~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 3253/2025 VIJAY PAL SINGH @ SHERA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pramod Kumar Yadav, Mr. Avdhesh Kumar Arun & Mr. Rahul Singh, Advocates. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with SI Aarti & SI Sonia Mann, PS Begumpur CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 18.02.2026 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks regular bail in FIR No. 694/2022, dated 01.09.2022, registered at Police Station Begumpur, Delhi, initially under Section 363 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”]. Sections 366, 376, 34, 120-B and 366-A of the IPC, as well as Sections 6 and 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, were subsequently added pursuant to the chargesheet dated 10.02.2023. 2. I am informed that the testimony of the prosecutrix has already been recorded. It is further stated that one material witness, namely the brother-in-law of the prosecutrix, who is also the complainant in the FIR, remains to be examined. 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 20/02/2026 at 12:08:38 BAIL APPLN. 3253/2025 3. After some arguments, Mr. Pramod Kumar Yadav, learned counsel for the applicant, seeks permission to withdraw the present bail application, with liberty to approach the learned Sessions Court after the testimonies of the two material witnesses are recorded. Mr. Yadav, however, submits that evidence has not been recorded on the last four dates of hearing and seeks expeditious conclusion of the evidence. Ms. Manjeet Arya, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, assures the Court that the prosecution shall extend its cooperation to ensure expeditious recording of the remaining evidence. 4. The applicant is at liberty to move an appropriate application before the learned Trial Court for expeditious recording of the evidence of the remaining material witnesses. If such an application is filed, the learned Trial Court is requested to consider the same in accordance with law, having regard to its Board and the age of the matters pending before it. 5. The bail application is, accordingly, dismissed as withdrawn, with liberty as aforesaid. PRATEEK JALAN, J FEBRUARY 18, 2026 ‘pv’/SD/ 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 20/02/2026 at 12:08:38