IN THE HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL Criminal Misc.Application No.847 of 2024 Amit Kumar ......Applicant Vs.

State of Uttarakhand and others …..Respondents Presence Mr. Yogesh Kumar Pacholia, learned counsel for the Applicant.

Mr. S.S. Chauhan, learned D.A.G., for State of Uttarakhand.

Hon’ble Ashish Naithani, J.

The present Criminal Miscellaneous Application under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure has been filed by the Applicant seeking quashing of the entire proceedings of Special Sessions Trial No. 28 of 2023, pending before the court of the learned Special Sessions Judge, Chamoli, arising out of an FIR registered at Police Station Nandanagar (Ghat), District Chamoli, for offences punishable under Sections 363, 366A and 376 of the Indian Penal Code, Sections 5(l) and 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012, and Section 9 of the Prohibition of Child Marriage Act, 2006.

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The FIR was lodged by Respondent No. 3, the father of the victim, alleging that his minor daughter had gone missing from her home on 28.04.2023. It was alleged that the Applicant had enticed and taken away the victim.

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During the investigation, the victim was recovered, and h