Neutral Citation Number: 2023:DHC:2806 a) It is stated that the Petitioner is a married woman with a nineyear-old son. In December 2019, she became acquainted with one Mr. Richesh Manav Singhal who approached her through social media and introduced himself as a British Chartered Accountant. It is stated that in February 2020, the Petitioner shared her personal contact number with Mr. Singhal, and over a period of time, the Petitioner became close to Mr. Singhal. b) In July 2020, it is stated that as the Petitioner was living with her son at a rented accommodation in Gurugram on account of her job and financial constraints. Mr. Singhal took advantage of the absence of the Petitioner’s family members, came over to her place and forced himself upon her. He allegedly not only clicked explicit pictures of the Petitioner, but also transferred to himself from the mobile phone of the Petitioner explicit pictures that the Petitioner had taken of herself for the purpose of sharing them with her husband. c) It is stated that Mr. Singhal involved the minor son of the Petitioner in various sexual acts as well. Consequently, the Petitioner lodged a complaint against Mr. Singhal at the Lajpat Nagar Police Station, and on the basis of the same, a Zero FIR was registered with the investigation thereafter being transferred to Gurugram. It is stated that on multiple occasions, Mr. Singhal threatened the Petitioner that he would leak her sexually explicit photographs on various pornographic websites and that he would kill her son if she did not pay huge amounts of money to him. Consequently, the Petitioner was extorted into Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:SHAZAAD ZAKIR Signing Date:26.04.2023 17:19:50 W.P.(CRL) 1505/2021 Page 3 of 88