JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J.—The petitioner, incarcerating upon his arrest for alluring and raping a minor girl, has come up before this Court seeking regular bail.

2. Earlier, the petitioner had filed the following bail petition:

(a) Bail Application No.11-P/XXII/2021, filed before learned Special Judge, Fast Track Special Court, Kangra, HP, which was dismissed vide order dated 27.03.2021.

3. Ld. Counsel for the bail petitioner states on instructions that the petitioner has no criminal past relating to the offences prescribing sentence of seven years and more, or when on conviction, the sentence imposed was more than three years. The status report also does not mention any criminal past of the accused.

4. Briefly, the allegations against the petitioner are that on 03.08.2020, the Investigating Officer recorded the statement of the victim under Section 154, Cr.P.C. The victim mentioned her age as 17 years. The statement is to the following effect:-

(i) The victim was student of 10+2 and she was friend of one Sandeep Kumar. On 04.07.2020 she met her friend Sandeep Kumar and he decided to drop her on his scooty. At about 1:00 p.m., when both of them reached around one kilometer