IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA Cr. MP (M) No. 2919 of 2025 Reserved on: 16.1.2026 Date of Decision: 23.1.2026.

Vipan Kumar ...Petitioner Versus State of Himachal Pradesh and another ...Respondents Coram Hon’ble Mr Justice Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge.

Whether approved for reporting?¹ No.

For the Petitioner : Ms Suman Thakur, Advocate. For the Respondent/State : Mr Ajit Sharma, Deputy Advocate General.

Rakesh Kainthla, Vacation Judge The petitioner has filed the present petition for seeking regular bail in F.I.R. No. 58 of 2025, dated 4.10.2025, registered at Police Station, Bharmour, District Chamba, H.P., for the commission of offences punishable under Section 64(2) of the Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) and Section 6 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO).

2. It has been asserted that, as per the prosecution, Asha Worker made a complaint to the police that one minor girl

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

of her village had become pregnant, which was discovered during the linkage of the Aadhar Card of the all pregnant females. The police registered the FIR and investigated the matter. The petitioner