IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of Reserved: 11.03.2026 Date of Pronouncement: 06.04.2026.

NN ....Appellant.

Versus Mannu and another ...Respondents.

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CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANOOP CHITKARA HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE SUKHVINDER KAUR .......

Argued by: Mr. S.S. Momi, Advocate for the appellant.

Mr. Akshay Kumar, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. Rajesh K. Dadwal, Advocate for respondent No.1.

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Sukhvinder Kaur , J .

1. Appellant/ prosecutrix has preferred the instant appeal against judgment dated 22.02.2022, passed by learned Additional Sessions Judge, (Fast Track Special Court), Ludhiana, vide which respondent No.1/ accused has been acquitted.

2. The present FIR No. 21 dated 16.03.2020, under Section 376 IPC, Police Station City Raikot, District Ludhiana was registered against accused Mannu, on the basis of complaint moved by the prosecutrix before Deputy Inspector General of Police, Ludhiana Range, Ludhiana. The prosecutrix alleged that she had done B.com and MBA and was in search of job. Manju was her friend and they had studied together at School and college and she is sister of accused Mannu. The accused was known to the prosecutrix as he used to frequently meet them and seve