JUDGMENT

Poonam S. Bamba, J. This is an application under Section 438 Cr.P.C for grant of anticipatory bail moved on behalf of the petitioner in case FIR No. 475/2022 dated 13.07.2022, under Sections 376/506 IPC, PS Desh Bandhu Gupta (DBG) Road.

2. It is submitted that the petitioner is innocent and has been falsely implicated by the complainant. It is further submitted that the petitioner and the complainant/prosecutrix knew each other since 2019 being the employees of Jamia Milia Islamia University and were in consensual relationship; whatsapp chat exchanged between them clearly shows the relationship they shared.

2.1. It is also submitted that the petitioner as well as the respondent no. 2 were very well aware that both of them were already married and as such, there was no occasion for the petitioner to seek sexual favour from the respondent no. 2 on false promise of marriage. However, the respondent no. 2 started making unreasonable demands from the petitioner under the garb of their relationship; and ultimately on 13.04.2022, an agreement was executed between the petitioner and the respondent no. 2, according to which, the petitioner had to purchase a flat amounting to Rs.