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3. Heard Mr. Narendra Bali, the learned counsel for the applicant and Mr. S.S. Adhikari, the learned A.G.A. assisted by Mr. P.S. Uniyal, the learned Brief Holder for the State through video conferencing.

4. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is an innocent person; he has been falsely implicated; medical examination report did not support the case of the respondent; on 18.09.2018, at the time of the medical examination, no injury was found on the body of the alleged victim; the alleged victim has given the statement at one place that when her maternal uncle started coming down holding the hand of the applicant, he freed her maternal uncle and ran away; while she has given statement at another place that after getting her maternal uncle's voice, the applicant ran away; according to the mother of the alleged victim, the date of birth of the victim in the Parivar Register was 16.07.2000, which was correct; according to the mother of the alleged victim, the bed sheet was covered with blood and dirt while the maternal uncle of the alleged victim stated that he had not seen any blood or dirt on the bed sheet and according to the police authorities, the said bed sheet was not taken into custody by the police; the applicant is a resident of District Haridwar; he has no criminal history; he is in custody since 18.09.2018; the charge sheet has already been submitted and main witnesses had already been examined, therefore, there is no chance of tampering with the evidence; the trial is at halt due to the spread of COVID-19, pandemic.