SRINAGAR, Sep 26: Justice Sanjay Dhar in Bail Application No. 156/2026 has granted anticipatory bail to Police Sub-Inspector Vikrant Kotwal in a case arising from allegations of sexual exploitation of a female police colleague on the promise of marriage, holding that her continued relationship with him after learning that he was already married prima facie indicated a consensual relationship.
Court set aside the Principal Sessions Judge Samba’s order of July 23, which had rejected Kotwal’s plea for pre-arrest bail.
Kotwal is accused in FIR No. 178/2026 registered at Police Station Samba under Sections 69, 83, 88 and 115(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023.
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