JUDGEMENT/ORDER :

1. This is an application for grant of bail to the petitioner arrested in connection with FIR No. 197/2018 registered in Police Station Kulgam for offences under Sections 342/392/376-D RPC.

2. The FIR, after investigation, has culminated into a final report under Section 173 Cr.P.C which is pending trial before the Court of learned Additional Sessions Judge/Presiding officer Fast Track Court, Kulgam (the trial court). The petitioner has pleaded not guilty to the charges for the aforesaid offences framed by the trial Court. The prosecution has led its evidence and after conclusion of the evidence of the prosecution, statement of the petitioner under Section 342 Cr.P.C also stands recorded.

3. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the petitioner as well as the respondents that even the defence evidence is at the verge of conclusion. The petitioner, after substantial portion of the prosecution evidence had been led, filed an application for bail before the trial Court on 21.10.2019 and the same was disposed of by the trial Court on 28.08.2021. The bail plea of the petitioner was rejected by the trial Court primarily on the ground that the offences with which the pe