ORDER :

P.V.KUNHIKRISHNAN, J.

The petitioner is an accused in Crime No.1492/2024 of Aranmula Police Station. Petitioner is a lawyer practising in this Court. He is alleged to have committed rape on a minor girl. The offences alleged are under Sections 376 (2)(j) , 376(2)(n) , 376(3), 377 , 506 of the Indian Penal Code , Sections 75 & 77 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 (for short 'JJ Act') and Sections 4 (2) , 3(a)(b), 6 , 5(l)(p)(i), 7, 8 , 9(l)(p), 10 , 11(v), 12, 16 , 17 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (for short 'POCSO Act').

2. The victim in this case gave a statement before the Konni Police Station on 14.12.2024 at 2.30 pm in the presence of one Jeeva Thomas. She stated that she is a Plus- 2 grade student and her date of birth is 02.08.2007. She stated that her father and mother are not on good terms and they are living separately. The petitioner is known to her. He is a friend of her aunt. She stated that, in 2022, while she was studying in the 9^th standard, she went to the Park Residency Hotel at Kozhenchery. At that time, the petitioner was also there. Two rooms were taken and the petitioner occupied one room. H