ORDER :

1. Heard Mr. P.P. Majmudar, learned advocate for the applicant, Ms. Moxa Thakkar, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the respondent-State and Mr. R.N. Singh, learned advocate for the original complainant at length through Video Conferencing.

2. The present application is filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure in connection with an FIR being C.R. No. 11196037200856 of 2020 registered with Lakshmipura Police Station, District Vadodara City for the offences punishable under Sections 366, 376(2)(n) and 506 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. Learned advocate appearing for the applicant has vehemently submitted that the offence is alleged to have been committed during the period between 2014 to 2019 on different locations and the complaint has been lodged on 12.11.2020. He has also submitted that there is a huge delay in registering the FIR for which no sufficient explanation has been offered by the original complainant. He has also submitted that as per the FIR the original complainant had knowledge regarding the marriage of the applicant and she denied to marry him. He has also submitted that a alleged by the complainant that the applicant had allured her by pro