JUDGMENT

Shivashankar Amarannavar, J. - This petition has been filed by the sole accused under Section 438 of The Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as the 'Cr.P.C.', for brevity) seeking anticipatory bail in Hukkeri Police Station Crime No. 93/2021 registered for the offences punishable under Section 376(1) of The Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as the 'IPC', for brevity) and Sections 4, 6 and 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the 'POCSO Act' for brevity) and the case is pending in Special Case No. 46/2022 on the file of III Additional District and Sessions Judge FTSC-I, Belagavi.

2. The brief case of the prosecution is that one Sanju has filed complainant stating that his younger sister-victim girl aged 17 years 5 months had been to Belavi village at 4.00 p.m. on 21.07.2021 but did not returned even after 6.00 p.m. and he informed the same to his mother over phone and verified with friends and relatives and could not find her and he thought that she might have been kidnapped by someone and therefore he filed complaint on 23.07.2021 against unknown person which came to be registered in Crime No. 93