CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE HARISH KUMAR ORAL ORDER

5 21-01-2026 Heard learned Advocate for the petitioner and learned APP for the State.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in connection with Kishanpur P.S. Case No.01 of 2025 (corresponding to POCSO Case No.02/2025) registered for the offences punishable under Section 96 of the BNS and Section 4 of the POCSO Act .

3. Accusation against the petitioner is of forcefully kidnapping the daughter of the informant with the help of other accused persons, who were variously armed and also obtained signature from the informant on a blank paper.

4. Learned Advocate for the petitioner submitted that the alleged occurrence took place on 24.12.2024, but the present FIR came to be instituted on 01.01.2025. In fact, the petitioner and the victim girl had been in a relationship, which finally resulted into solemnization of marriage, but since the informant who happens to be father of the victim was not happy with the relationship, the present FIR came to be instituted after making a concocted story of forceful kidnapping. The entire prosecution case falls to the ground on bare perusal of the statement of the victim, who has categorically state