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He was charged under S. 354 IPC and S. 8 of POCSO Act for outraging the modesty of a 17 years old minor girl during a wedding ceremony.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Considering the fact that he was in jail for 2 months and 17 days and he being a first time offender, Chandra Bhushan Bajpai, J. said he was inclined to give the accused-applicant the last opportunity so that he doesn\u2019t commit any offence in future and lives peacefully in the society.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The Court went on to add to the list of conditions for granting bail that the applicant was directed not to communicate\/contact in any of the manner with the prosecutrix, family members and witnesses cited in the charge-sheet directly or indirectly and if something of this sort happens, and the prosecutrix may report the said act to the trial Judge. [Deepak Nag v. 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