SL. No. Date Office Notes, reports, orders or proceedings or directions and Registrar’s order with Signatures COURT’S OR JUDGE’S ORDERS BA1 No. 1015 of 2025 Hon’ble Rakesh Thapliyal, J. 1. Ms. Geetanjali Dhami along with Ms. Labya Noor, learned counsel for the applicant. 2. Mr. Pankaj Joshi, learned AGA for the State. 3. Present applicant–Tribhuwan Singh S/o Shri Hira Singh is seeking regular bail in relation to first information report dated 28.02.2025 bearing FIR No.0005 of 2025, Police Station Nachni, District Pitthoragarh, wherein the present applicant has been implicated for the offences punishable under Section 64(1) of B.N.S, 2023 read with Section 5(j)(ii)/6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012. 4. It is submitted by learned counsel for the applicant that the present applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated and in fact the present applicant and victim were friends since last 7 years and the victim, in her statement, recorded under Section 183, admits this fact that the relation in between both of them was with her consent. 5. Apart from this, it is submitted that though the victim, at the time of incident, was minor i.e. 17 years and 10 months but the applicant was also, at the time of incident, at a tender age of 19 years and both of them were in love with each other. 6. It is also contended by learned counsel for the applicant that the charge-sheet has already been filed and as such there is no need of custodial interrogation of the present applicant. 7. On the other side, Mr. Pankaj Joshi, learned AGA for the State, has not disputed this fact that after collecting all credible evidences, the charge-sheet has filed and as such there is no need of custodial interrogation of the present applicant and the applicant has no previous criminal history. 8. After hearing the arguments as advanced by learned counsel for the parties and further taking into consideration that the charge-sheet has already been filed and as such there is no need of custodial interrogation of the present applicant and the present applicant has no previous criminal history, this Court is of the view that the applicant deserves for bail. 9. Accordingly, without expressing any opinion on the merit of the case, the present bail application is allowed. 10. Let the applicant, namely, Tribhuwan Singh, be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each in the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned. (Rakesh Thapliyal, J.) 27.06.2025 R.Bisht