ORDER:

This Criminal Petition, under Sections 437 and 439 of Cr.P.C. (New Sections 480 and 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023), is filed by the petitioner/A.1 seeking regular bail in Crime No.118 of 2024 of Cyber Crime Police Station, Visakhapatnam City, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 370, 365, 374, 384 and 344 read with 120B I.P.C. and Sections 66-C, 66-D and 66-F of Information Technology Act, 2000.

2. Heard Sri R.Siva Sai Swarup, the learned counsel for petitioner and the learned Public Prosecutor for respondent-State.

3. Perused the record.

4. The following points are urged in the bail petition:

• The petitioner is totally innocent, and the crime is registered without any material and there is no evidence prima facie supporting the accusation against the petitioner.

• The allegation made in the written information of the de facto complainant is totally false and is created only for the purpose of registering this case. The petitioner and the de facto complainant are known to each other and they all hail from Srikakulam District. Suppressing the fact that the brother of de facto complainant worked abroad, false information was lodged against the