JUDGMENT :

SUMEET GOEL, J.

1. This order will dispose of aforesaid three petitions filed on behalf of the petitioner(s) seeking grant of anticipatory/pre-arrest bail under Sections 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 in FIR No. 41 dated 19.04.2023 registered for offences punishable under Sections 388, 506 and 120-B Indian Penal Code, 1860 and Sections 3, 4 and 5 of Immoral Traffic (Prevention) Act, 1956 at Police Station Basti Bawa Khel, District Jalandhar.

2. The case set up in the FIR in question (as set out in the present petition by the petitioner(s)) is as follows:

“With reference to complaint No. 613-PTM dated 24.03.2023 regarding on video went viral on social media. Regarding this, report after inquiry for registration of case was received in the Police Station. The same is like that. Subject: Video went viral on social media regarding report No. 230 reader/ACP West dated 23.03.2023. Sir, it is submitted that on 14.03.2023 a went viral on social media. In which a girl was saying that Manoj Kumar Sodhi who is a resident of Gara Jalandhar and blackmails girls by making obscene videos from boys. Regarding this video, Ld. SP City-2, Jalandhar directed me to sent report after ver