The appellant/accused No.4 has filed this appeal

seeking setting aside of the order dated 30.08.2022,

passed

in

Crl.Misc.No.591/2022,

by

the

learned

Addl.Sessions

Judge

&

Fast

Track

Special

Court-1

(POCSO), Chikkaballapura, (for brevity referred to as

`Sessions Judge's Court'), wherein the bail petition filed

by the appellant/accused No.4 sought in respect of Crime

No.157/2022

of

Bagepalli

Police

Station,

which

is

registered for the offences punishable under Sections

376(3), 506 of Indian Penal Code, 1860, and Sections 4,

6, 8, 12 and 14 of Protection of Children from Sexual

Offences Act, 2012 (POCSO Act) and Section 67(B) of

Information Technology Act, 2000 and Sections 3(1)(w),

3(2)(v) of Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes

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(Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015, came to

be rejected.

2. Heard the learned counsel for the appellant and

the learned HCGP for respondent No.1 - State. The

respondent No.2 inspite of service of notice, has remained

absent and remains unrepresented.

3. The case of the prosecution is that, respondent

No.2 - Child Development Project Officer, Bagepalli Town,

has filed a complaint stating that she has recorded the

statement of the victim