Bail can be granted when the charge-sheet is filed, and conditions can be imposed to ensure the complainant's safety without unjustly detaining the accused.

JUDGMENT

Subramonium Prasad, J. This petition filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C. is for grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No.118/2021 dated 10.04.2021 registered at Police Station South Rohini for offences punishable under Sections 328 , 389 and 34 IPC.

2. The brief facts leading to this bail application are as follows:

a) A complaint was filed by one Rishab Jain (Complainant) stating that has a business of marble and tiles and he runs a Shop at B-81, Marble market, Mangolpur Kalan, opposite Indian Bank, New Delhi. He stated that the petitioner herein came to his shop and asked for some good quality marble stones/tiles for renovation of his residence and he insisted that the complainant must visit his house. It is stated that when the complainant visited the house of the petitioner. The petitioner introduced the complainant to his girlfriend, lshu @ Bobby, who lives with the petitioner. It is stated that the said Ishu @ Bobby offered soft drink to the complainant. It is stated that after consuming the drink the complainant started feeling dizzy. It is stated that the petitioner asked the complainant to take rest and he left the room. It is stated that after the petitioner left the room the said Ishu @ Bobby came close to the complainant and started rubbing his head and thereafter the complainant became unconscious. It is stated that when the complainant regained consciousness he was shocked to see that Ishu @ Bobby was rubbing his private part. It is stated that the complainant went outside the room and when the petitioner came back, the complainant narrated the incident to him. It is stated that the petitioner got furious and broke the phone of his girlfriend. It is stated in the complaint that the petitioner started demanding a mobile phone, a TV and Rs.2,00,000/- in cash from the complainant and threatened him that if his demands are not met, his girlfriend would file a case of rape against the complainant. It is stated that after the incident, the petitioner called the complainant for money more than 25 times. The complainant also produced various voice recordings in which the petitioner and his girlfriend are demanding money from the complainant and threatening him that if their demands are not met a case of rape would be filed against the complainant. On the complaint, FIR No.118/2021 dated 10.04.2021 was registered at Police Station South Rohini for offences punishable under Sections 328 , 389 and 34 IPC.

b) It is pertinent to mention here that the petitioner and his girlfriend, Ishu @ Bobby also filed a complaint against the complainant herein, being FIR No.119/2021, dated 10.04.2021, for offences under sections 376/506 IPC.

c) The petitioner was arrested on 11.04.2021.

d) The petitioner filed an application for bail, being Bail application No.1280/2021, before the learned Sessions Judge, North West District, Rohini Courts, which was rejected vide order dated 22.04.2021.

e) A second application for bail was filed by the petitioner on 23.04.2021 which was rejected by the learned Sessions Judge, North West District, Rohini Courts, vide order dated 28.04.2021 on the ground that the investigation of the case is at a nascent stage and the possibility of the petitioner threatening the complainant cannot be ruled out.

f) The petitioner has, thereafter, approached this Court by filing the instant bail application.

3. Notice was issued on 10.05.2021. Status Report has been filed. The Status Report indicates that the voice sample of the petitioner was obtained after taking the permission of the Court and the same has been sent to Forensic Science Laboratory. The Status Report also indicates that opin