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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN AT JODHPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous 2^nd Bail Application No. 15762/2025 Panchu Singh S/o Shri Devi Rawat, Aged About 27 Years, R/o Chachiwas, Police Station Gegal District Ajmer Raj. (At Present Lodged In Dist. Jail Bhilwara)

----Petitioner Versus

1. State Of Rajasthan, Through Public Prosecutor

2. Gugankumari D/o Shri Kamal Kishore Purohit, R/o 37 Ajad Nagar Bhilwara ----Respondents For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Hapu Ram For Respondent(s) : Mr. Narendra Gehlot, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE KULDEEP MATHUR

Order

18/02/2026 This second application for bail under Section 483 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with F.I.R. No.403/2025 registered at Police Station Pratap Nagar, District Bhilwara, for the offences under Sections 376(2)(n) and

384 of IPC and Sections 5(l)/6 of POCSO Act.

Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Public Prosecutor. Perused the material available on record.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that, in the present case, the FIR has been lodged after a delay of more than two years from the date on which the victim ‘K’ was allegedly subjected to forcible sexual assa