ORDER :

1. The petitioner herein, through the medium of the instant petition, seeks bail in FIR no. 0222 of 2023 dated 14.09.2023 registered with the Police Station, Samba under Sections 376(2)(L)/313/420/506 IPC, 1860.

2. According to the prosecution version, a DD Extract No. 16 dated 14.09.2023 of PP Rakh Amb Talli came to be received in the Police Station through SPO Ajay Kumar, No. 819/DS, wherein it had been stated that one lady, namely, “X” along with Shalu W/o Hasham Din, R/o Machedi, Tehsil Lohi Malhar, District Kathua came in the PP and produced a written application in Uru, stating therein that she is a resident of Machedi, Tehsil Lohi Malhar, District Kathua and is handicapped and that her father-Jamal Din had kept one Mahindra Vehicle and engaged the petitioner as its driver and one day, the petitioner told her that the Govt. is distributing sewing machines and other items to disabled persons free of cost and, as such, told her to come along with him as he will help her to get the sewing machine and other items and consequently she went along with the petitioner to Samba, where the petitioner took advantage of her disability and forcibly raped her without her consent and