Allowing the anticipatory bail application of Himachal Pradesh BJP MLA Hans Raj on Tuesday in a case registered against him under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (Pocso) Act, the Chamba District Sessions-cum-Special Judge sought to know why the survivor did not mention the sexual abuse she faced in 2021 in an FIR she had lodged against the MLA last year.

In the detailed order, released on Wednesday, Judge Preeti Thakur said prima facie, the conduct of the alleged survivor appeared to be “suspicious”. The Churah MLA had filed the anticipatory bail application in the wake of the First Information Report (FIR) registered against him on November 7.

‘Earlier FIR had no whisper of 2021 incident’

As per the FIR, the accused deceitfully took the girl with him to a rest house in

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