JUDGMENT :

Krishan Pahal, J.

1. List has been revised.

2. Heard Sri Manish Tiwari, learned Senior Advocate assisted by Sri Prabhash Pandey, learned counsel for the applicant and Sri Mrityunjay Tiwari, learned counsel for the informant as well as Sri J.K. Chaurasia, learned State Law Officer and perused the material placed on record.

3. Applicant seeks bail in Case Crime No. 742 of 2024, U/S 384, 420, 323, 506, 354C, 376 IPC, Police Station Sikandra, District Agra, during the pendency of trial.

4. As per prosecution story, the applicant is stated to have established corporeal relationship with the victim by fooling and luring her and video-recorded the said act and started blackmailing her and thereby, had taken money from the informant also. The victim had instituted the FIR in the year 2024.

5. Learned counsel for the applicant has argued that the applicant is absolutely innocent and has been falsely implicated in the present case with a view to cause unnecessary harassment and to victimize him. It is stated that he has nothing to do with the said offence. It is next stated that FIR is delayed by about 13 years and there is no explanation of the said delay caused.

6. Learned counsel has