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This charge sheet filed by Police Sub-Inspector, Madiwala Police Station-Bengaluru, against accused for the offences punishable under Section 370 of I.P.C, Section 23 and 26 of J.J. Act and Section 6 and 14 of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act.

2. The case of the prosecution in brief, as per the prosecution papers, is stated as follows:

On 22-07-2015 at about 02.00p.m., within the jurisdiction of Madiwala Police Station, Bengaluru at Mangammana Palya Main Road in Ambur Chicken Biryani shop, when Cw.1 and Cw.2 along with Cw.22 and Cw.23 raided the said shop, a child labour having age of 15 years viz., Shiva Kumar was found working in that shop and the accused being the owner of said shop by influencing money on him was extracting work from the said child for more than 10 hours in a day forcibly without

3 Spl.C.C.156/2018 providing basic necessities to him and without payment of salary to him. On the basis of complaint lodged by Cw.1-Vani Kantli-the complainant, the Police registered the case against the accused for the offences punishable under Section 370 of I.P.C, Section 23 and 26 of J.J. Act and Section 6 and 14 of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act.

3. The Investigating Officer has investigated the same and filed charge sheet against accused for the offences punishable under Section 370 of I.P.C, Section 23 and 26 of J.J. Act and Section 6 and 14 of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act. Thereafter, after filing the charge sheet, the Committal Court furnished copy of charge sheet to accused as contemplated under Section 207 of Cr.P.C. The Committal Court passed an order for committing the case to the Hon'ble Principal City Civil & Session Judge-Bengaluru, since the victim is minor and the said case is exclusively triable by the Child Court and in turn the said case was made over to this Court for further proceedings.

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12. Before venturing into scan the available material evidence on record, it is necessary to mention the very definition of offences under Section 370 of I.P.C, Section 23 and 26 of J.J. Act and Section 6 and 14 of Child Labour (Prohibition & Regulation) Act.

Section 370 of I.P.C defines that:

Trafficking of persons-[1] Whoever, for the purpose of exploitation,(a) recruits, (b)transports, (c) harbours,

27. Point No.4:- For the above said reasons and discussions on Point No.1 to 3, I hold that the accused is entitled for an order of acquittal. Hence, in the final result, I proceed to pass the following:

ORDER Acting under Section 235(1) of Cr.P.C., the accused is acquitted for the offences punishable under section 370 of IPC, Section 23 and 26 of J.J. Act and Section 6 and 14 of Child Labour 21 Spl.C.C.156/2018 (Prohibition & Regulation) Act. His bail bond and surety bond stands cancelled.