ORDER :

This application is filed under Section 482of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (for short, BNSS), seeking pre-arrest bail.

3. The prosecution case, in short, is that a minor girl aged 12 years, while using her father’s mobile phone, downloaded the Snapchat application and began interacting with several users, including one identified as “Jinhwa” (accused No.1, namely Ishan). It is alleged that he exchanged photographs with the victim and persuaded her to share indecent images. The victim subsequently interacted with other Snapchat IDs such as “Korean Boy,” “Smcamilaa,” and “Seo Joon,” allegedly operated by other accused, including the applicant herein.

5. I have heard Sri.R.S.Lakshman, the learned counsel for the applicant, Sri.M.C.Ashi, the learned Senior Public Prosecutor and Sri.S.Rajeev, the learned Amicus Curiae appointed by th