JUDGMENT :

SANDEEP SHARMA, J.

1. Bail petitioner namely, Veer Bhadur @ Vishal, who is behind the bars since 30.3.2019, has approached this Court in the instant proceedings filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, praying therein for grant of regular bail in case FIR No. 36 of 2019, dated 30.3.2019, under Sections 363, 366-A, 376, 342 of IPC and Section 4 of the POCSO Act, registered at police Station, Rohru District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh.

2. Sequel to order dated 3.3.2021, ASI Ram Swaroop, has come present alongwith the record. Mr Kunal Thakur, learned Deputy Advocate General, has also placed on record status report prepared on the basis of the investigation carried out by the Investigating Agency. Record perused and returned.

3. Careful perusal of status report/record made available to this Court reveals that on 30.3.2019, victim/ prosecutrix, aged 15 years (name withheld to protect her identity), got her statement recorded under Section 154 Cr.P.C at police Station, Rohru, District Shimla, Himachal Pradesh, alleging therein that on 22.2.2019, at about 4-5 PM, present bail petitioner came to her Dera and asked her to accompanying him to his Uncle’s house. She alle