brevity). Criminal Appeal No.64/2018 is filed by accused No.2 Irfan Mehmud Pathan challenging rejection of his bail application Exh.19 moved in Sessions Case No.184/2017 on 22.11.2017 by the learned Sessions Judge, Kalyan. Criminal Appeal No.65/2018 is filed by accuse No.3 Taukal @ Salim Mehmud Pathan challenging rejection of his bail application Exh.23 in Sessions Case No.184/2017 by the learned Sessions Judge, Kalyan on 09.01.2018. Both those applications were for releasing appellants/accused No.2 and accused No.3 on bail in Crime No.I124/2017 registered at the instance of respondent No.3 Ashvini Sundar Janrao with Hill Line Police Station, Ambernath for the offence punishable under Sections 355, 500, 323, 504 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, under Section 3(1)(d)(e)(r) of the Atrocities Act under Section 11(2) read with 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act (hereinafter referred to as “POCSO Act” for the sake of brevity), under Section 67(A) and (B) of the Informant Technology Act and under Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice Act.
