JAMMU, May 26 -- The Special Judge Fast Track Court (POCSO Cases), Jammu, Renu Dogra, has dismissed the bail application of accused Deepak Sharma in a child sexual assault case, observing that offences under the POCSO Act are heinous and cannot be viewed with leniency.
The bail plea was filed in case FIR No. 81/2025 registered at Police Station Nagrota for offences under Sections 74, 137(2), 115(2), 126(2), 351(2) of BNS and Sections 7/8 of the POCSO Act. The accused had moved the application through his counsel Advocate Y.M. Khan, claiming that he had been falsely implicated and that the prosecution story suffered from serious contradictions.
The defence argued that the prosecutrix, her mother and aunt had already been examined and only ...