JUDGMENT

1. The instant writ petition has been filed under Article 226 of the Constitution of India, 1950, read with Section 482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as ―Cr.P.C.‖) seeking, in a nutshell, the blocking of certain sites exhibiting intimate images of the Petitioner herein, and for registration of a First Information Report (FIR) arising out of the complaint dated 03.08.2021 made by the Petitioner to Lajpat Nagar Police Station, New Delhi.

GENESIS OF THE MATTER

2. At the outset, this Court deems it appropriate to refer to the Petitioner as “Mrs. X” in consonance with the directions rendered by the Hon'ble Supreme Court in Nipun Saxena v. Union of India, (2019) 2 SCC 703 whereby it was observed that in a patriarchal society like India, survivors/victims of sexual violence of any nature are forced to undergo ostracization for no fault of their own. Therefore, to prevent hostile discrimination or harassment of the survivor/victim in the future, this Court believes it to be prudent to refer to the Petitioner herein as “Mrs. X”.

3. Having stated the above, the facts, in brief, leading to the instant petition are stated as under:

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