JUDGMENT :

(Raj Beer Singh, J.)

1. Heard learned counsel for the applicant-accused, learned counsel for the informant, learned A.G.A. for the State and perused the record.

2. The present bail application has been filed by the applicant-accused in case crime No.222 of 2022, under Sections 376, 323, 504, 506 IPC, police station Delhi Gate, District Meerut with the prayer to enlarge the applicant on bail.

3. It has been argued by learned counsel for the applicant-accused that the applicant-accused is innocent and he has been falsely implicated in this case. The first information report was lodged by the informant, alleging that applicant-accused has physically exploited her daughter on pretext of marriage and he has committed rape upon her by administering some intoxicant in her cold drink and thereafter, applicant-accused has blackmailed her. Learned counsel submitted that victim is a major girl, aged about 21 years, and that there are material contradictions in her statement recorded under Section 161 and 164 Cr.P.C. In her statement under section 161 Cr.P.C., victim girl has inter-alia stated that no obscene video was made by the applicant-accused. In her statement under section 16