JUDGMENT :

JASGURPREET SINGH PURI, J.

1. The present case has been heard through video conference.

2. This is a petition filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for the grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.36 dated 12.4.2021, under Section 406 IPC as well as under Section 8 and 12 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences (POCSO) Act, registered at Women Police Station, District Ambala.

3. As per the FIR, which has been attached as Annexure P-1 along with the present petition, the same was lodged on the basis of the statement made by the complainant who is stated to be 16 years of age and is studying in 12th Class. As per the FIR, in August 2019 the complainant who is a minor girl of 16 years received a request from Notty Varun (petitioner) on Snapchat which was accepted by her and thereafter, they started talking with each other on mobile phone and developed friendship and started meeting with each other. As per the allegations, thereafter the petitioner started pressurising the complainant to send her photo to him and under pressure, she sent her normal photo and thereafter, the petitioner started pressurising her for her nude and semi-nude photos. On the ask