The judgment establishes the criteria for granting bail under specific conditions related to serious allegations and the stage of investigation.

ORDER

This is an application seeking regular bail filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita , 2023.

2. The petitioner is the sole accused in Crime No.953/2025 of Town South Police Station, Palakkad. The offences alleged against the petitioner are punishable under Sections 78(1) (ii)(i) and 79 of BNS, Sections 67a and 67b of Information Technology (Amendment) Act , 2008, Section 67B of Information Technology Act , 2000 and Sections 12 , 11(i), 11(ii), 11(iii), 11(iv), 11(v), 11(vi), 14, 13(a), 13(b), 13(c), 15(1), 15(2) of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act .

3. The prosecution case, as narrated in Annexure -I order reads thus:-

“The petitioner got acquainted with the survivor who is a minor girl aged 15 years on 12.03.2025 by 5.30 pm through social media App named ‘Snap Chat’ with the intention to subject the survivor to sexual abuse followed her through social media and sent the morphed, half naked photographs of the survivor to her and threatened her and asked her to send the nude photos and videos of survivor to him and collected the same from survivor and kept it and he is circulating same through social media platform namely, Telegram.” [sic]

4. The petitioner was arrested on 14.09.2025 and he has been in judicial custody since then.

5. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner and the learned Pubic Prosecutor.

6. The learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the investigation is practically over and further detention of the petitioner is not required. The learned counsel for the petitioner further submitted that the petitioner is innocent of the allegations.

7. The learned Public Prosecutor opposed the bail plea of the petitioner.

8. Having regard to the tenure of judicial custody undergone by the petitioner and stage of the investigation, I feel that he can be released on bail on conditions.

In the result, the Bail Application is allowed as follows :

(a) The petitioner shall be released on bail on his executing bond for Rs.50,000/- (Rupees Fifty Thousand only) with two solvent sureties each for the like sum to the satisfaction of the jurisdictional court.

(b) He shall appear before the Investigating Officer on all Mondays and Fridays between 10 A.M. and 11 A.M. for a period of three months or till the final report is filed, whichever is earlier.

(c) He shall not maintain contact with the victim.

(d) He shall not try to influence the prosecution witnesses or attempt to tamper with the evidence.

(e) The petitioner shall not commit any similar offence while on bail.

(f) If any of the bail conditions are violated by the petitioner, the jurisdictional court will be at liberty to cancel the bail, in accordance with law.

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