Murshid Khan @ Imtiyaz Kudrush Khan v. State of Maharashtra and Anr.
Criminal Law – Bail – Regular bail refused
Case brief
What is this about?
Keywords: regular bail rejection; POCSO Act Ss. 4, 5(N)(L)(J)(2), 6; IPC Ss. 376(2), 376(2)(I)(N), 313; sexual assault of minor daughter by father; victim aged 13; impregnation; forceful administration of contraceptive pills; risk of threat to victim-witness; minimum punishment 20 years; custody exceeding three years; chargesheet filed, no trial progress; Taloja Police Station C.R. No. 47 of 2023, Navi Mumbai; counsel for respondent No.2 relied on Bhanel Prasad alias Raju v. State of Himachal Pradesh, 2025 SCC OnLine SC 1636; Shivkumar Dige, J.; decided 1 April 2026; Bail Application No. 4211 of 2025.
What did the court decide?
The applicant is the real father of the victim, who was 13 years old at the time of the incident; he sexually assaulted her on several occasions by threatening her, and when he came to know she was pregnant, he forcefully tried to administer contraceptive pills to her.