JUDGMENT :

1. The petitioner has filed the instant application for grant of bail in case FIR No.01/2021 for offences under Section 420, 292, 506 IPC and Section 67-A Information Technology Act, 2000, registered with Police Station, Drass.

2. Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution, as is reflected from the police report annexed to the objections filed by the respondent, is that on 09.02.2021, the complainant lodged a report with the police alleging therein that the accused/petitioner had made promise of marriage to her and during the currency of their love affair, the accused/petitioner used to make video calls to her. It was further alleged that the accused/petitioner enticed her to exhibit her private parts during the video calling and because the complainant was in love with the accused/petitioner, she succumbed to the requests of the petitioner. It was further alleged in the complaint that the petitioner/accused threatened to make these videos viral in case she did not pay an amount of Rs.80,000/- to him. The complainant has further alleged that, being a poor girl, she was unable to meet the demands of the petitioner/accused, as such, she lodged the report before the police.

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