BAIL APPLN. 3861/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages $~62 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 15.09.2026 # CNR No. DLHC010436092026 + BAIL APPLN. 3861/2026, CRL.M.A. 28539/2026 & 28538/2026 AMIT MATHUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Noor Shergil and Mr. Harshit Pandey, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with Investigating Officer/SI Suman. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 215/2025 of PS Sarita Vihar for offence under Section 65(2)/75 BNS and Section 6/10 of POCSO Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is that he committed aggravated penetrative sexual assault. The accused/applicant is aged 27 years while the victim is aged 11 years. On the day of unfortunate incident, the victim went to the house of the accused/applicant to play with GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4 5569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155 70996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e2 6fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.09.15 16:45:09 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:15.09.2026 16:47:14 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3861/2026 Page 2 of 3 pages his daughter, but he allegedly committed the offence. 3. At the outset, learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that he is conscious about the gravity of the offence, but he emphasises that since the prosecutrix as well as her mother have already testified before the trial court, no purpose would be served by keeping the accused/applicant in jail. Further, it is submitted by learned counsel that the accused/applicant is in jail for past 18 months, though the prescribed punishment for the alleged offence is too grave. It is also submitted that the accused/applicant is not a flight risk and has always cooperated with the investigating machinery. 4. Learned APP assisted by Investigating Officer/SI Suman accepts notice and opposes the bail application. 5. Merely because the accused/applicant is in jail for 18 months and on the submission that he is not a flight risk, the Court cannot ignore the gravity of the offence. As mentioned above, the accused/applicant is aged 27 years while the victim is aged hardly 11 years. More importantly, the child went to the house of the accused/applicant as there was relation of trust and she wanted to play with daughter of the accused/applicant. It is in such circumstances that the accused/applicant committed the alleged offence. 6. The prosecutrix as well as her mother have testified before the trial court and have completely supported the prosecution case. GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.09.15 16:44:59 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:15.09.2026 16:47:14 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3861/2026 Page 3 of 3 pages 7. It would also be significant to note that before the Court of Sessions, an argument was raised on behalf of the accused/applicant, which has been completely abandoned before this Court. That argument was that on account of monetary disputes between the accused/applicant and mother of the prosecutrix, this case was falsely got registered. Admittedly, there is no further elaboration, what to say of any documentary record or otherwise regarding the alleged monetary dispute. 8. Considering the overall circumstances as described above, I do not find it a fit case to grant bail to the accused/applicant. Therefore, the bail application and accompanying applications are dismissed. GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE) SEPTEMBER 15, 2026/ry GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4 5569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e 26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.09.15 16:44:47 +05'30' By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:15.09.2026 16:47:14