====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE SANJAY KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 08-12-2025 By means of this bail application, petitioner, who is involved in connection with Kotwa P.S. case no.113 of 2025, registered for the offences punishable under Section 87 of B.N.S. , 2023 and sections 8 and 12 of the POCSO Act , seeks enlargement on bail during the pendency of trial.

2. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned Additional Public Prosecutor representing the State and learned counsel for the O.P. No.2.

3. As per prosecution case, in brief, the complainant who is the mother of victim got a First Information Report lodged on 28.03.2025 against five accused persons namely Ramchandra Patel, the wife of Ramchandra Patel, Sandeep Kumar (petitioner), the daughter of Ramchandra Patel and the son-in-law of Ramchandra Patel, stating inter alia that on 25.03.2025 at about 9:00 O’clock, when her minor daughter had gone to take examination, she was enticed away by the accused persons.

4. The main substratum of the argument of learned counsel for the petitioner is that petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. In fact, the