ORDER :

The present bail application has been maintained by the petitioner, under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure seeking his release in case FIR No.114 of 2022 dated 3.4.2022, under Sections 376, 354-D of the Indian Penal Code and Section 6 of the Protection from Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012, registered at Police Station Sadar, District Chamba, H.P.

2. As per the averments made in the petition, the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case. He is permanent resident of the place and neither in a position to tamper with the prosecution evidence nor in a position to flee from justice. No fruitful purpose will be served by sending him behind the bars for an unlimited period, so he be released on bail.

3. Police report stands filed. As per the prosecution story, on 3.4.2022, victim/prosecutrix informed the police that she became friend of the petitioner in September, 2021 and the petitioner started talking to her on her mother’s cellphone. He used to meet her in the forest area beside her house. On the pretext of marriage, the petitioner committed sexual intercourse with her on several occasions without her consent. During the cours