IN THE HIGH COURT OF MADHYA PRADESH AT INDORE BEFORE HON'BLE SHRI JUSTICE SATYENDRA KUMAR SINGH ON THE 5^th OF JULY, 2022 MISC. CRIMINAL CASE No. 38219 of 2020 Between:-

THE STATE OF MADHYA PRADESH STATION HOUSE OFFICER THROUGH P.S. SIMROL (MADHYA PRADESH)

.....PETITIONER (BY MS GEETANJALI CHOURASIA, PANEL LAWYER )

AND SHANKAR S/O KALLU KHARADI , AGED ABOUT 18 YEARS, GRAM-CHIKHLI, TEHSIL-MAHOW, THANA-SIMROL, INDORE (MADHYA PRADESH)

.....RESPONDENTS (NONE FOR RESPONDENT)

This application coming on for orders this day, the court passed the following:

ORDER

This petition seeking leave to appeal has been filed by the petitioner/State u/S 378(3) of Cr.P.C. against the judgment of acquittal dated 11.02.2020 pronounced by the Special Judge (POCSO), Indore in S.S.T. 52/2020 whereby the respondent has been acquitted from the charges framed u/S 354, 506(B) of IPC and Sec 7 r/W 8 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012.

Prosecution case in brief is that on 04.12.2019 at about 4:30 p.m., when minor prosecutrix aged about 15 years was returning home, appellant came Signature Not Verified SAN there and asked as to why she did not take her with him. Respondent thereafter with an intent t