KARNATAKA HIGH COURT
S VISHWAJITH SHETTY, J
SRI ASHOK KUMAR – Appellant
Versus
STATE OF KARNATAKA – Respondent
| Table of Content |
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| 1. allegations of lewd behavior towards minors. (Para 3 , 5) |
| 2. conditions for granting bail under pocso. (Para 4 , 6) |
ORAL ORDER
2. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and learned HCGP for respondent No.1. Respondent No.2, who is served in the matter, has remained unrepresented before this Court.
4. During the course of investigation of the case, the petitioner herein was arrested and subsequently remanded to judicial custody. His bail application in Crl.Misc.3039/2025 was rejected on 25.04.2025.
5. In the FIR, which was submitted by the father of the victim girls, he has stated that on 29.03.2025, when his minor daughters aged 13 years and 10 years respectively were on their way to home from their school, the petitioner herein who came in an autorickshaw allegedly teased the victim girls and thereafter opened his pant and showed his private parts to the victim girls. It is in this background, FIR was registered against the petitioner for the aforesaid offence.
ORDER
12 of POCSO Act , subject to the following conditions:
b) The petitioner shall appear regularly on all the dates of hearing before the Trial Court unless the Trial Court exempts his appearance for va
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