ORDER :

(KULDEEP MATHUR, J.)

This application for bail under Section 483 BNSS has been filed by the petitioner who has been arrested in connection with F.I.R. No.280/2024 registered at Police Station Chopasni Housing Board, Jodhpur City West, for the offences under Sections 366(a) , 376(d)/34 of IPC and Sections 5(g)/6, 15 and 16/17 of POCSO Act.

2. Heard learned counsel for the parties at Bar. Perused the material available on record.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that the complainant Mehraj Ram submitted a typed report before the SHO, Police Station Chopasni Housing Board, alleging inter alia that on 06.07.2024, the present petitioner got an obscene video of victim ‘D’ secretly recorded through co-accused Mohammed Bilal. The further allegation against the present petitioner is that he was denied paying Rs.50,000/- to the victim ‘D’, to settle the dispute with her.

4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submitted that as a matter of fact, the petitioner has been made a victim of honey trap. It was submitted that the petitioner himself had lodged an FIR No.263/2024 alleging inter alia that his obscene video was recorded with victim ‘D’ by another girl ‘M’ through the co