Mayank Gupta Alias Manu v. the State of NCT of Delhi & Anr.
Case brief
What is this about?
Mayank Gupta alias Manu v. State of NCT of Delhi & Anr., BAIL APPLN. 4616/2025, High Court of Delhi at New Delhi (Manoj Jain, J.), decided 25.02.2026: regular bail granted in FIR No. 327/2023 (P.S. Aman Vihar) under Sections 363, 366/368/376 IPC and Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012; prosecutrix aged 16, recovered 24.07.2023; applicant in custody ~2.5 years, no antecedents, witnesses already examined; bail on Rs. 25,000/- personal bond with one surety, with non-contact, mobile-number, monthly-reporting and address-verification conditions.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail granted: applicant to be released on furnishing personal bond of Rs. 25,000/- with one surety of like amount, subject to satisfaction of learned Trial Court/CJM/Duty Magistrate, with conditions of (i) no contact with the victim-child and her family, directly or indirectly; (ii) providing an active mobile number to the IO till disposal; (iii) monthly reporting to SHO/IO on the first Sunday of every month at 11:00 A.M. till trial concludes; and (iv) address verification of applicant and surety, and prior written intimation of any address change to the IO and Trial Court. No opinion expressed on merits.