The Delhi High Court has refused to grant bail to a man accused in a case of blackmailing and extorting from a minor girl.
The petitioner is a co-accused in the case of alleged extortion and blackmailing. The modus operandi of the accused persons was that they would make friends with minor girls through Facebook, then allegedly take their nude pictures and videos for blackmailing and extortion.
In this case, a complaint was registered by the father of a minor girl against one Ruchi Chauhan, who came in contact with his daughter through Facebook. Thereafter, his minor daughter met Ruchi Chauhan with two unknown boys at Saket City Mall and started visiting her house.
According to the complainant, one day Ruchi Chauhan and her mother called his daughter to their flat in Hauz Khas Village where they offered her a cold drink after which she fell unconscious and when she regained consciousness, she was told that her nude videos were made and she was threatened that they will make her nude video viral on Facebook if she did not fulfill their demands. On that pretext, Ruchi Chauhan and her mother extorted a sum Rs 20,000, Rs 30,000 to Rs 40,000 every week.
The complainant said his minor daughter was threatened that in case she does not fulfill their demands, her parents, family members would be killed and a Scooty was also extorted by Ruchi Chauhan and her mother and other boys including Anuj Kumar.
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A single-judge bench of Justice Mukta Gupta heard the bail application filed by Anuj Kumar, a co-accused in FIR no. 204/2019 under Sections 384/386/328/506/120B IPC and 12 of POCSO Act registered at P.S. Malviya Nagar.
The Court noted that the present petitioner/accused is also involved in two other cases; one, FIR relating to an offence punishable under Sections 323/341/34 IPC and the other; under Sections 307/324/326/34 IPC at the same police station.
The Court refused to grant bail stating the exact role of the accused is required to be ascertained into the alleged offences of extortion and blackmailing of a minor girl.
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“Considering the fact that proper investigation into the alleged offences of extortion and blackmailing of a minor girl not only by the main accused i.e. Ruchi Chauhan and her mother but, in conspiracy there with the petitioner and the exact role of the petitioner is required to be ascertained, this Court finds no ground to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner,”
said the Court.
JUSTICE.-.MUKTA-GUPTA