Vicky S/O Tejram Likhar v. State of Maharashtra Thr. the Officer in Charge P.S.Khapa, Tah. Saoner, Dist. Nagpur and Anr.
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Bail application ALLOWED — Bombay High Court, Nagpur Bench (neutral citation 2025:BHC-NAG:4496), single judge Urmila Joshi-Phalke J., decided 25 April 2025. Applicant Vicky s/o Tejram Likhar; Crime No.413/2023, P.S. Khapa, District Nagpur; charges: IPC Ss.354-A, 354-D, 376(2)(n), 376-D, 376-DA, 506; POCSO Act 2012 Ss.4, 6, 11, 12; Informant Technology Act, 2000 Ss.67, 67(a), 67(b). Allegations involve threatening a schoolgirl to obtain her photographs (Snapchat) and sexual assault; applicant named only in victim's last statement, not in initial two statements of 26.09.2023. Key grounds: negative CA/forensic report on applicant's seized mobile (no obscene material found); parity with co-accused Pranay s/o Sunil Dekate already released on similar allegations. Relief: P.R. Bond Rs.25,000/- with one solvent surety; conditions include monthly police-station reporting, bar on leaving Nagpur district, exclusion from vicinity of village Khapa (Taluka Saoner), witness-protection condition, regular Special Court attendance. No precedents cited; no dissent.