New Delhi (ILNS): The Delhi High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a rape accused who alleged in his application that the rape charges are a result of a trap for money extortion.
A single-judge bench of Justice Suresh Kumar Kait, while hearing the application through video conferencing, noted that the police commissioner shall issue standing orders to all the concerned police stations that action may be taken as per law, however, without harassing such person/alleged accused therein.
The application has been moved by Kapil Gupta through his counsel Senior Advocate Vikas Pahwa seeking an anticipatory bail, alleging that Kapil has been trapped and tricked under a well-designed, meticulously planned, and thoroughly woven racket of extortionists.
The applicant here is accused of rape under section 376 of IPC, as per the allegations the applicant raped the prosecutrix in lieu of discussing a job opportunity for the post of his personal assistant.
Pahwa submitted that “during the entire chatting, there is no whisper of any job opening or payment/salary structure or work timings or past job experiences, etc; rather surprisingly to the contrary, she shares her bikini pictures by the pool and other seductive pictures in order to allure the petitioner.
“Once the petitioner was being seduced, the next step to call him at home was easy. The complainant called the petitioner at home and when her demand of Rs 5 lakhs was not fulfilled, she registered an entirely fabricated, false, and concocted case of rape against the petitioner,” Pahwa added.
The bench, allowing the application directed the SHO/IO concerned to release Kapil on a personal bond of Rs 25,000 in the event of arrest.
Read the order here;
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