JUDGMENT

S K Panigrahi, J. - The Present Application seeks to challenge the order dated 11.12.2019 passed by the Ld. Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge, Koraput-Jeypore in G.R.Case No.1013 of 2019 wherein the prayer for bail was rejected. The Appellant herein is the accused in connection with alleged commission of offences punishable under Sections 493/376 of I.P.C. read with Section 3 (2)(v) of SC & ST (PoA) Act, 2015 which, subsequently, turned to be a case under Sections 493/313/376 of I.P.C. read with Section 3 (2)(v) of SC & ST (PoA) Act, 2015.

2. The allegations in the F.I.R. are summarized below:

(a) The complainant victim Ms. X, aged about 19, belongs to ST community lodged a complaint on 27.11.2019 before the Police Station Patangi, District-Koraput. The content of the complaint as set out implicates the accused for committing the offences punishable under Sections 493/313/376 of I.P.C. read with Section 3 (2)(v) of SC & ST (PoA) Act, 2015.

(b)According to her complaint, the appellant and the victim are the resident of the same village and known to each other. The Appellant had given her a mobile phone for facilitating regular communication and he had taken her for outing on