S. No.163 Suppl List HIGH COURT OF JAMMU & KASHMIR AND LADAKH AT SRINAGAR Bail App/23/2026 CrlM/234/2026 PARVEENA AKHTER AND ANOTHER Petitioner(s)… Through: Mr. Zahid Hussain, Advocate, Mr. Naveed Bukhtiyar, Advocate, Mr. Aqib Sofi, Advocate & Mr. Zahid Afzal, Advocate. Vs. UNION TERRITORY OF J AND K AND ANR ...Respondent(s) Through: CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RAHUL BHARTI JUDGE ORDER 06.03.2026 1. By reference to FIR No. 258/2025 dated 30th November 2025 for the alleged commission of offences under Sections 64, 127(2), 351, 88, 61 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) and 5(j) (ii) & 16 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act) 2012 registered by the Police Station Shopian, a Final Police Report No. 02 of 2026 dated 27th January 2026 under section 193 of Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS) 2023 for alleged commission of offences under sections 61,62,64,127(3),89,238,239,240,351, and 53 of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) 2023 and 4,5(j) (ii)/6,17,19 and 21 of the POSCO Act, 2012 came to be laid. 2. In said Final Police Report (Charge-Sheet) which has come to be submitted on file No. 4/2026 before the court of Principal Sessions Judge, Shopian on 28th January 2026, five accused persons have been named, namely: 1) Sudais Ahmad Lone as Accused No.1 2) Gh. Mohd Lone (father) as Accused No.2 3) Mst. Parveena Akhter (mother) as Accused No.3 4) Falak Jan (sister) as Accused No.4, and 5) Zahid Iqbal as Accused No.5. 3. Out of said five accused persons, accused No. 1, 2 & 5 are in custody, whereas two women i.e., Accused No.3 and Accused No.4, are shown to be absconding but who have come forward with the present petition seeking the relief of pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023. 4. This petition is disposed of at its very inception stage by directing the two petitioners to appear before the court of Principal Sessions Judge, Shopian which shall admit the accused persons to bail subject to such terms and conditions as may be deemed fit by the court of Principal Sessions Judge, Shopian for ensuring that the two petitioners regularly attend the proceedings of the criminal case so set up against them, along with the other three undertrial accused persons in custody, before the court of Sessions Judge, Shopian. 5. The two petitioners to report themselves before the learned Sessions Judge, Shopian on 10th March 2026 and till that time, the two petitioners shall not be subjected to arrest by the Police Station Shopian. 6. In the event of failure to present themselves before the court of Principal Sessions Judge, Shopian on due date, the petitioners shall suffer loss of indulgence of this Court protecting them from arrest at the hands of Police Station Shopian. (RAHUL BHARTI) JUDGE SRINAGAR 06.03.2026 Hilal