NEW DELHI: The Delhi High Court dismissed the bail application of a man accused of sexually assaulting a minor girl, observing that at the stage of bail, the court cannot scrutinise the evidence and must keep in mind the severity of the offence.
A single-judge Bench of Justice Girish Kathpalia rejected the regular bail application filed by the accused, who was booked in an FIR registered at Mehrauli police station for offences under Sections 376, 354, and 506 of the Indian Penal Code, as well as Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act.
According to the prosecution, the case was registered following the statement of the minor girl, who alleged that the accused, living on the ground floor of the same house, had been sexually harassing her since August 2021 by inappropriately touching and forcibly kissing her.