ORDER

1. Heard Sri A.N. Radhakrishna, learned counsel for the petitioner and learned High Court Government Pleader, for the first respondent-State.

2. The petitioner, who is before this court has filed an application seeking grant of bail in respect of Crime No.8/2022 registered by the Channammana Achukattu Police Station for the offence punishable under Sections 376(2)(n), 376(3) of IPC and Sections 4,5(J)(11)(L), and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, 2012 [hereinafter referred to as 'POCSO Act' for short]. The matter is now pending before the Special Court.

3. The police during investigation, apprehended the petitioner and he has sent to judicial custody on and from 20.01.2022.

4. The complaint averments reveal that a minor girl has been seduced by the petitioner.

5. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that it is a case of love affair. Be it what it may, the matter is under investigation. In the mean while, learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner is having annual examination from 15.03.2022 to 31.03.2022 as under: