JAMMU, Sept. 4 -- The High Court of Jammu and Kashmir and Ladakh has rejected the bail plea of a man accused of kidnapping and sexually assaulting a 15-year-old girl, holding that the victim turning hostile was not enough to erase the prosecution case when other supporting evidence was available.
Justice Sanjay Parihar dismissed the bail application filed by Mahir Ahmad Khachoo, who is facing trial in FIR No. 30/2025 registered at Police Station Parimpora under Sections 137(2), 64 and 65 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, read with Sections 3 and 4 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act.
The petitioner sought bail primarily on the ground that the victim and her father had not supported the prosecution case during the trial. H...