IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH AT SHIMLA ON THE 1 ^st DAY OF AUGUST, 2022 BEFORE HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE VIVEK SINGH THAKUR CRIMINAL MISC. PETITION (MAIN) No. 1279 OF 2022 Between:-

HEM KUMAR SHARMA, AGED 47 YEARS, SON OF LATE SH. HARI BALLABH, RESIDENT OF VILLAGE DHAROT, POST OFFICE DHAROT, TEHSIL AND DISTRICT SOLAN, H.P. …PETITIONER (BY SH. ANIRUDH SHARMA, ADVOCATE.)

AND STATE OF H.P. …RESPONDENT (BY SH. HEMANT VAID, ADDITIONAL ADVOCATE GENERAL.)

Whethe r approved for reporting? Yes.

This petition coming on for pronouncement this day, the Court passed the following:

O R D E R

Petitioner has approached this Court, invoking provisions of Section 438 Cr.P.C., seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 98 of 2022, dated 10.6.2022, registered in Police Station Dharampur, District Solan, H.P. under Sections 354-A, 354, 376(3), 376(2)F of the Indian Penal Code (for short ‘IPC’) and Sections 6 and 10 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short ‘POCSO Act’).

2. Status Report stands filed. Record was also made available.

3. Petitioner has also placed a certificate on record, whereby he has been given State Level Teachers Award-2020 for doing extra-ordinary work for charact