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4) Having heard both the learned Advocates, and on perusing the record it appears that the petitioner has filed application to recall the victim and the accused is facing the charge under the POCSO NEUTRAL CITATION R/SCR.A/10261/2025 ORDER DATED: 17/09/2025 undefined Act. There is a specific provision under Section 33(5) of the POCSO Act that the Special Court shall ensure that the child is not called repeatedly to testify in the court. The procedure and powers of Special Court and recording of evidence is prescribed under Chapter VIII of the POCSO Act. Keeping in mind the aforesaid facts as without any admissibility or relevancy of the said alleged electronic evidence as which is faulty in nature in absence of primary evidence and in absence of any sanctity or hash value and alleged evidence is not handed over to the Investigating Officer and further on the ground that raising doubt about the source of said evidence as conversation between the father of the victim and uncle of the accused and the said person uncle of the accused is considered as chance witness by the learned Sessions Judge and in support of alleged evidence the affidavit of such person who is uncle of the accused is produced at Exhibit 51 which is also treating as hearsay evidence and interested witness not considered and come to the conclusion that at belated stage after conclusion of cross-examination of PWs- 1 to 8 only with a view to filling up lacunae the said applications were hence the same came to be dismissed.