ORDER :

The petitioner is before this Court calling in question proceedings in C.C.No.22955 of 2021 pending on the file of the I Additional Chief Metropolitan Magistrate, Bangalore arising out of crime in Crime No.245 of 2021 registered for offences punishable under Sections 66(C), 66(D) and 67(A) of the Information Technology Act, 2000 and Sections 419 and 420 of the IPC.

2. Heard Sri Amar Correa, learned counsel for the petitioner, Shri K.S.Abhijith, learned High Court Government Pleader for respondent No.1 and Sri S.Diraviam Dinesh, learned counsel appearing for respondent No.2.

3. Brief facts, as projected by the prosecution, are as follows:

The complainant is an information technology professional. The petitioner and the complainant come in contact with each other with a dating app ‘Tinder’. Both of them get acquainted to each other and it appears that on a particular night when they were on chat, the complainant claims to be completely stressed and expresses such stress to the petitioner. The petitioner then represents that she has an instagram page “positivity-for-a-360-life” and she is a Wellness Therapist who would advocate and promote general well being of mind, body and soul