IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI Cr.M.P. No.3084 of 2025 ------

Pankaj Baraik aged about 21 Years S/O Rameshwar Baraik R/O Village- Kaisera Dumartoli P.O. & P.S.- Bolba District- Simdega (Jharkhand) … Petitioner Versus

1. The State of Jharkhand

2. Victim Of Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No.16/2024 (Detail in Separate Sheet) … Opposite Parties ------

For the Petitioner : Mr. Kripa Shankar Nanda, Advocate For the State : Mr. Vishwanath Roy, Spl.P.P.

For the O.P. No.2 : Md. Ayub Ansari, Advocate ------

P R E S E N T HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANIL KUMAR CHOUDHARY By the Court:- Heard the parties.

2. This Criminal Miscellaneous Petition has been filed invoking the jurisdiction of this Court under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 with prayer to quash the entire criminal proceedings arising out of Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No.16 of 2024 corresponding to Special POCSO Case No.21 of 2024 and in alternative to quash the order dated 18.08.2025 passed in Misc. Criminal Application No.503 of 2025 passed in the said Simdega (Mahila) P.S. Case No.16 of 2024 corresponding to Special POCSO Case No.21 of 2024 by the trial court whereby and where under the trial court has rejected