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HIGH COURT OF UTTARAKHAND AT NAINITAL
First Bail Application No.1820 of 2024
Imran
….....Applicant
Versus
State of Uttarakhand ….….Respondent
Present:- Mr. Akram Parvez, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. S.C. Dumka, AGA for the State.
Hon’ble Ravindra Maithani, J. (Oral)
Applicant is in judicial custody in FIR No.403 of 2023, under Sections 376 & 506 IPC, Police Station Kashipur, District Udham Singh Nagar. He has sought his release on bail.
2.
Heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the record.
3.
According to the FIR, the victim was introduced to the applicant by the co-accused Sheetal. The applicant, under the pretext of securing a job to the victim, established physical relations with her, made nude videos and sent the nude videos to the co-accused. Both, the applicant and the co-accused would pressurise the victim for prostitution. They also made the nude videos viral.
4.
Learned counsel for the applicant would submit that the applicant and the victim both are major.
2 Their relations are consensual. No videos were ever made. There was no video which was recovered.
5.
Learned State Counsel admits that the applicant and the victim, both are major. But, according to him, the victim has supported the prosecution case during investigation. On being asked, learned State Counsel admits that no nude videos were recovered and no evidence was found that any video was ever made.
6.
Having considered, this Court is of the view that it is a case fit for bail and the applicant deserves to be enlarged on bail.
7.
The bail application is allowed.
8.
Let the applicant be released on bail, on his executing a personal bond and furnishing two reliable sureties, each of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the court concerned.
(Ravindra Maithani, J)
06.01.2025 Ravi