JUDGMENT :

Rakesh Kainthla, J.

The petitioner (accused before learned Trial Court) is aggrieved by the order dated 08.06.2022 passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, Fast Track Court (POCSO), Shimla H.P, vide which his application under Section 91 of Cr.P.C. for bringing on record the supplementary statement of the victim was dismissed and the charge was framed against him for the commission of offence punishable under Section 376 of Indian Penal Code (IPC). (Parties shall hereinafter be referred to in the same manner in which they were arrayed before the learned Trial Court for convenience).

2. Briefly stated the facts giving rise to the present petitions are that the victim made a statement before the police that the accused called her father on 19.11.2017 to attend the programme being held at Gaiety Theatre. She and her father went to attend the programme. They had a dinner after the programme. The accused told the victim that she should go the Mumbai for modeling with the accused’s daughter. When the victim’s father went away to the washroom for some time, the accused offered the victim a drink. He also obtained her mobile number. He called her subsequently and told her that