1. By way of the present petition, filed under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as 'Cr.P.C.'), the petitioner seeks grant of regular bail in FIR No.14/2017 under Sections 385/387/419/420/506/467/468/471/506/376/& 120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as 'IPC') and Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 and Sections 66D/66E of the Information Technology Act, 2000, registered at P.S. Crime Branch, Delhi. The petitioner is stated to be in judicial custody since 03.02.2017. Status report is on record.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 02.02.2017, the complainant, a 39 year old woman, US citizen had approached the Crime Branch with complaint of cheating, sexual assault and extortion committed against her in India by the petitioner. In 2016 she joined the social platform Facebook and came in contact with one MK Faheem/petitioner who lured her and persuaded her for physical meetings. Initially the complainant and the petitioner were casual friends but their friendship got intense as time passed and they decided to meet for the first time on 19.11.2016 in Leela Hotel, Gurgaon. They again met on 21.11.2016 i