ORAL ORDER

The State has preferred this revision petition against the order passed in S.C.No.766/2017 dated 14.06.2018 by the LIII Addl. City Civil and Sessions Judge, Bengaluru (CCH-54) (hereinafter referred to as the 'learned Sessions Judge'), whereby the learned Sessions Judge allowed the discharge application filed by the respondents/accused under Section 227 of Cr.P.C. and discharged the respondents/accused in Crime No.260/2016 and S.C.No.766/2017 for the offences punishable under Sections 406 , 420, 376 r/w Section 34 of IPC.

2. The factual matrix of the prosecution case is that:

The victim in the instant case was residing with her parents at Frazer Town, Bangalore. One and a half years prior to the date of lodging the complaint, the accused No. 1-the relative of the victim visited her residence along with his mother, father and brother i.e., accused Nos.2 and 3 respectively seeking marriage proposal. With passage of time victim and accused No. 1 developed acquaintance and exchanged messages on WhatsApp. It is further stated that taking advantage of the said acquaintance in the month of July, 2015 when the victim was home alone, the respondent/accused No.1 visited her residence