Court in Criminal Writ Petition No.1401 of 2023. The said Petition was moved by the Accused in C.R. No.2278 of 2022 for quashing the FIR. It was recorded that the Respondent No.3 will produce the minor child before the Child Welfare Committee on 26th April, 2023 for recording statement in C.R. No.2278 of 2022. It was further recorded that the Child Welfare Committee will take all necessary steps in recording the statement of child as far as possible on the same day. In case of any difficulty, on the same day the committee would give the next date to the parties for producing the child. The order dated 16th June, 2023 records that the report submitted by CWC was received by this Court. Subsequently, the Petition was withdrawn. Thus, it is apparent that the statement of the child was to be recorded in C.R. No.2278 of 2022. Subsequently, this Court vide order dated 7th February, 2022 passed in the present Petition directed that the child be produced before the Child Welfare Committee vide subsequent order dated 23rd February, 2024. It was directed that the child be produced before Child Welfare Committee, Dongri Children’s Home. As stated above, the statement has been recorded by CWC. The statement and the report indicate that the Respondent No.3 had placed the cellphone in a active mode in the purse of the child whose statement was to be recorded. It was expected that the statement would be recorded
