Anu Malhotra, J.

1. The applicant of Crl. M. (Bail) 2529/2017 seeks the grant of anticipatory bail under Section 438 read with Section 482 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in relation to allegations levelled against him qua the alleged commission of rape of the prosecutrix Ms. ‘X’ of the offence punishable under Section 376 Cr.P.C. qua which the FIR with Police Station New Ashok Nagar was registered against the applicant on 8.6.2017 with the period of the alleged commission of the offence being from the date 7.3.2017 to 30.4.2017.

2. As per the averments made in the FIR dated 08.06.2017, the prosecutrix a resident of New Ashok Nagar, Vasundhara Enclave, East Delhi on 7.2.2017 after having taken a mobile number of the builder from her name sake brother Dalip Kumar, had gone to see a flat to be taken on rent where she met Alok Vats of the Newtech Group at his office and there were conversations in relation to rent and sales and in the meantime Alok Vats introduced her to Bhushan Lal Khanna, i.e. the petitioner herein and his partner Sanjiv, and they also insisted that she had lunch with them and they had lunch at Sagar Ratna and thereafter she was shown the flat and they came