BAIL APPLN. 1511/2026 1 $~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 1511/2026 IBRAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Puneet Kumar Saxena, Mr. Rishabh A., Mr. Pavneet Singh, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Ekta Chauhan. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 28.07.2026 1. Applicant seeks regular bail in case arising out of FIR No.0477/2023 dated 27.09.2023, registered at P.S. Mayur Vihar Phase-I for commission of offences under Sections 376 IPC and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012. 2. The victim in question is a twelve year old girl who was sexually assaulted by the applicant when she had gone to his house to deliver some clothes. 3. Undoubtedly, the applicant is in custody since 27.09.2023 but fact remains that since 12 prosecution witnesses, including the prosecutrix and her relatives, have already been examined and when the prosecutrix has also supported the case of prosecution, a request can be made to the learned trial Court to expedite the disposal of the case. 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 30/07/2026 at 14:20:33 BAIL APPLN. 1511/2026 2 4. In view of the above, without expressing any opinion over merits of the case, the present application is disposed of with request to the learned Trial Court to make best endeavour to dispose of the abovesaid case within six months from the date it takes up the matter. 5. The applicant would be at liberty to file application seeking bail afresh before this Court, in case the matter is not disposed of within the above time-frame. 6. The application stands disposed of in aforesaid terms. MANOJ JAIN, J JULY 28, 2026/ss/sy 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 30/07/2026 at 14:20:33