IN THE SUPREME COURT OF INDIA
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. OF 2026 (@ SLP(CRL.) No.10346/2025)
ANKIT APPELLANT(S)
VERSUS
STATE OF UTTAR PRADESH & ORS. RESPONDENT(S)
O R D E R
1. Leave granted.
2. The appellant seeks bail in connection with FIR
No.87/2023, registered at Police Station –
Babri, District Shamli, Uttar Pradesh, for the
offences punishable under Sections 363, 366 and
376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short,
‘the IPC’) along with Sections 3 and 4 of the
Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act,
2012 (for short, ‘the POCSO Act’).
3. We have heard the learned counsel appearing for
the appellant and the learned counsel appearing
for the respondent-State.
4. During the course of arguments, learned counsel
appearing for the respondent-State submitted
that the charges in entirety have been dropped
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qua three co-accused persons, and insofar as the
appellant is concerned, the charges for the
offences punishable under Section 376D of the
IPC and Sections 5 and 6 of the POCSO Act, which
were added subsequently, have been dropped.
5. The appellant has been under incarceration for
more than 2 years and 6 months. We also take
note of the facts as recorded above.
6. In such view of the matter, we are inclined to
set aside the impugned order and grant bail to
the appellant.
7. Accordingly, t...