2025:UHC:6375 SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1 No. 977 of 2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Mr. Prabhakar Joshi and Ms. Chandra Arya, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned AGA for the State. 3. Present applicant–Piyush Verma S/o Shri Dheeraj Verma is seeking regular bail in relation to first information report dated 20.01.2025, bearing FIR No. 0015 of 2025, Police Station Kotwali Pitthoragarh, District Pitthoragarh, wherein the present applicant has been implicated for the offences punishable under Sections 64 of BNS, 2023 read with Section 3/4 with Section 11 and 12 of the POCSO Act, 2012. 4. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that during investigation, one more penal provision i.e. Section 67-B of the Information Technology Act has also been added. 5. It is contended by learned counsel for the applicant that the present applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated. Apart from this, he submits that at the time of incident the applicant was 18 years’ old and the victim was 16 years’ old and both of them known to each other and were in love and this fact has been admitted by the victim herself in her statement. 6. Learned counsel for the applicant also submits that the charge-sheet has already been filed on 17.03.2025 and up till date, three prosecution witnesses have been examined and the applicant is languishing in jail since 02.02.2025 having no previous criminal history. 7. On the other side, Mr. Sandeep Sharma, learned AGA for the State have not disputed this fact that the charge-sheet has already been filed and up till date, three prosecution witnesses have been examined, therefore, at this juncture, the custodial 2025:UHC:6375 interrogation of the present applicant is not required. 8. After hearing the arguments as advanced by learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that on completion of the investigation, the charge-sheet has been filed and trial has already been commenced, therefore, there is no need of custodial interrogation of the present applicant, and as such, Court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 9. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the present bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant, namely, “Piyush Verma,” be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 21.07.2025 R.Bisht 2025:UHC:6375