JUDGMENT

(Prayer: Criminal Appeal has been filed under Section 14A(2) SC & ST (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, to set aside the order dated 04.07.2022, passed in Cr.M.P.No.1103/2022, on the file of the learned Sessions Judge, Special Court for trial of SC/ST (POA) Act Cases, Virudhunagar District at Srivilliputtur and pass an order to release the petitioner on bail under Section 167(2)(a)(i) Cr.P.C., in connection with Crime NO.05 of 2021, on the file of the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Virudhunagar, Virudhunagar District.)

1. This Criminal Appeal is directed against the order passed in Cr.M.P.No. 1103 of 2022, dated 04.07.2022, on the file of the Special Court for trial of SC/ST (POA) Act Cases, Virudhunagar District at Srivilliputtur dismissing the petition for bail under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C.,

2. The appellant is the sole accused in Cr.No.05 of 2022, for the offences under Sections 376(2)(n), 417, 506(i) I.P.C., and Sections 3(1)(w)(i), 3(2)(v) of SC/ST(POA) Act, 1989 on the file of the Inspector of Police, All Women Police Station, Virudhunagar, Virudhunagar District.

3. The case of the prosecution is that the prosecutrix/defacto complainant, who i