MANI PUSHPAK JOSHI Vs. STATE OF UTTARAKHAND

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The challenge in the present appeal is to an order passed by the High Court of Uttarakhand at Nainital on April 3, 2019 whereby, revision against an order of summoning of appellant under Section 319 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, 'Code') remained unsuccessful.

(2.) An FIR was lodged by Harpreet Singh, father of prosecutrix (aged about 6 years), on April 19, 2017 at 1:23 p.m., about sexual assault on her daughter. The FIR reads as under:

(3.) After FIR was lodged, the statement of the victim was recorded by the Investigating Officer under Section 161 of the Code on April 19, 2017. Some of the relevant extracts from the statement read as under: