O R D E R

The petitioner is the accused in Crime No.1291/2021 of Puthencruz Police Station, Ernakulam District alleging commission of offences punishable under Sections 67(A) of Information Technology Act, 2000, 354, 354(B), 376(2)(n), 384 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 3(1)(w) (i), 3(1)(w)(ii), 3(2)(v) of the Scheduled Castes and the Scheduled Tribes (Prevention of Atrocities) Act.

2. The allegation against the petitioner is that he was in a relationship with the de facto complainant from the year 2016 and that on the false promise of marriage, the petitioner had engaged in sexual relationship with the de facto complainant. It is also alleged that the de facto complainant was forced to support the petitioner financially and that a gold ornament belonging to her was also pledged by the petitioner to obtain some money as a loan. It is also alleged that the petitioner had taken certain intimate pictures of the de facto complainant on his mobile phone.

3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the petitioner had never withdrawn from the promise of marriage and that despite the fact that the de facto complainant had suffered serious injuries in a motor accident, the petit