A.V. Chandrashekara, J.

1. The present petition is filed by the State requesting this court to cancel the bail granted by the VI Additional Sessions Judge and Special Judge, Mysuru, in S.C. 78/15.

2. The learned judge has enlarged the respondent herein who is the sole accused in a criminal case in Crime No. 89/14, a case registered by the respondent police. After concluding investigation, charge sheet is filed for the offences punishable under Sections 366, 343, 376, 506, I.P.C. and Sections 4 and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, (hereinafter referred to as the POCSO Act, for brevity).

3. The facts leading to the granting of bail to the respondent-accused on 10.8.2015 and filing of this petition for cancellation of bail are as follows:

(a) On the first information lodged by a minor girl aged about 17 years, the respondent police chose to register a case in Crime No. 89/14 for the offences punishable under Sections 363, 343, 376, 506, I.P.C. and Sections 4 and 6 of the POCSO Act. She is a resident of Gundurao Nagar, Mysuru City, and is living along with her parents in a rented house. She has failed in SSLC and her date of birth is 11.4.1997. As o