IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL First Bail Application No.1873 of 2025

28^th November, 2025 Rijwan @ Sahil --Applicant Versus State of Uttarakhand --Respondent ----------------------------------------------------------------------

Presence:-

Mr. Shankar Aggarwal and Mr. Ashish Aggarwal, learned counsel for the applicant.

Mr. Akshay Latwal, learned AGA along with Mr. Prabhat Kandpal, learned Brief Holder for the State.

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Hon'ble Alok Mahra, J.

Applicant Rijwan @ Sahil, who is in judicial custody in connection with Case Crime/FIR No. 91 of 2024, under Sections 363, 366A, 376 of IPC and Sections 3 & 4 of POCSO Act, registered at P.S. Rajpur, District Dehradun, has sought his release on bail.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.

the applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the matter; that the applicant and the victim were good friends and known to each other for a long time; that they had planned to go for an outing to Shimla with the permission of the victim’s parents; that the victim was about 16 years of age at the time of the incident; that in her statement recorded