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IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA
Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, J
Ram Kumar Thakur – Appellant
Versus
State of Himachal Pradesh – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
(Sandeep Sharma, J.)
Bail petitioner namely Ram Kumar Thakur, who is behind the bars since 2.9.2024, has approached this court in the instant proceedings filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, for grant of regular bail, in case FIR No. 71/24 dated 20.9.2024, registered at Police Station Tissa, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, under Sections 376, 354A, 506 of IPC and Section 5 of Immoral Traffic Prevention Act, 1956.
2. Respondent-State has filed the status report and ASI Pardeep Singh, PS. Tissa, District Chamba, Himachal Pradesh, has come present with records. Record perused and returned.
3. Close scrutiny of status report as well as other material made available to this Court reveals that on 2.9.2024, victim-prosecutrix ( name withheld ) got her statement recorded under Section 173 of the BNSS, alleging therein that she is a domestic working woman and after passing 12th in the year 2019, she went to Smt. Amar Dei, wife of Sh. Ashok, to learn sewing. Allegedly, afore Amar Dei while teaching her as well as other students, used to teach them not to get married, roam around, drink and talk to boys. Allegedly, in the year 2020, Amar Dei took her
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