JUDGMENT :

JASMEET SINGH, J.

1. This is a petition filed under section 483 of BNSS seeking grant of regular bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 508/2024, dated 06.10.2024 registered at PS Malviya Nagar under sections 376/354C/385 of IPC , 1860.

2. In the present case, the petitioner has been in custody since 10.11.2024.

3. Briefly stating the facts are that the respondent no. 2/complainant met the petitioner in the month of April 2022 at a theatre group, where they both used to take acting classes. Over time, they developed a close friendship, which later evolved into a romantic relationship. The petitioner also promised to marry the complainant. One day, when the petitioner and the complainant were on a video call and the complainant was changing her clothes, the petitioner started taking screenshots of the complainant without her permission. The petitioner then pressurised the complainant to enter into an agreement with the mother of the petitioner to start a marketing company by the name of „Kirdaar Marketing LLP’ and in case, the complainant refused, the petitioner threatened to leak the complainant‟s personal photos and videos on the internet. Further, the petitioner also coerced t