IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA .

Cr. MP (M) No. 2753 of 2023 Reserved on: 22.11.202.3 Date of Decision: 05.12.2023.

Devender Kallu @ Kallu ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh ...Respondent Coram Hon’ble Mr. Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Mr. Arjun Lal, Legal Aid Counsel.

For the Respondent : Mr. Jitender Sharma, Additional Advocate General.

HRakesh Kainthla, Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail. It has been asserted that FIR No. 56 of 2022, dated 27.6.2022 was registered against the petitioner at Police Station BSL Colony, Sundernagar, District Mandi, H.P. for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 363 & 376(3) of IPC and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from

1 Whether reporters of Local Papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

Sexual Offences Act (POCSO Act). As per the prosecution, the victim’s grandmother made a complaint on 27.6.2022 that the victim was found missing from her home on 26.6.2022. The police registered the FIR. The victim was found at Baddi. She disclosed that she had left her home with ₹500/- to Baddi. The petitioner offered