JUDGMENT

Anu Malhotra, J. - The applicant- Zeeshan Khan, vide the present application seeks the grant of anticipatory bail in the event of arrest in relation to FIR No. 288/2022, PS Jagatpuri under Sections 376/506 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Section 6 of the POCSO Act, 2012 submitting to the effect that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the instant case, that the allegations qua the incident stated in the complaint of the mother of the stated victim have never taken place and that the complaint has been filed to tarnish the image and prestige of the applicant and his family members who carried deep roots in society; that the applicant has clean antecedents and has never been found guilty for violating the law of the land; that he is ready to join the investigation of the case; that his arrest would decimate his future socially and professionally and will ruin his entire family and that there is no recovery to be effected from him nor at his instance.

2. Notice of the application was issued to the State as well as to the complainant.

3. The State and the complainant have vehemently opposed the prayer made by the applicant seeking the grant of anticipatory bail.

4. As