SUNITA GUPTA, J.

1. The petitioner–Pradeep Sharma, employed with Airport Authority of India (AAI) was transferred to Guwahati, Regional Headquarters, North-East region vide office order dated 23.10.2001 as Deputy General Manager (Land Management). He was entrusted with the responsibility of land management of entire North-East Region besides other responsibilities. A criminal case under Ss. 376 and 342 Indian Penal Code was registered vide FIR dated 07.08.2002 in Sessions Case No.260(K)02 before the Sessions Court, Kamrup, Guwahati on the allegations that prosecutrix alongwith her friend Jennifer had come to Guwahati. In the evening, she met with her friend from where they left with a boy and a man. They went to a room of Airport Authority building where she was confined and raped by the petitioner, while her friends stayed in the adjacent room. Prosecutrix managed to escape from there and went to the police station and lodged the FIR. After completion of investigation, a clos