Chandigarh: According to SCRB Report, sextortion cases are on the fast rise in Haryana. According to recent SCRB report nearly 45% rape cases false, Atleast 79.8 per cent of kidnapping and abduction, 50.6 per cent of atrocities against SCs/STs and 26.8 per cent of domestic violence turned out to be false. In a recent case, Punjab and Haryana High Court denied bail to a woman accused of blackmailing a 73 years old doctor in Haryana allegedly blackmailing for extorting Rs 1.34 crore from him. In many cases the courts noted that fraudsters often involve minors in such operations as the Juvenile Justice Act, 2015 imposes lighter punishments on them. Observing that sextortion is currently the most frequently reported form of image-based sexual abuse, the Punjab and Haryana High Court has noted that sextortion, a form of online blackmail has been increasing since 2021 due to the rising online social interactions since past few years. In many cases it has been seen, males are trapped in female friendship offers on social media by professional females, who later threaten to make the vulgar footage public unless their financial demands are met.
Information reveals, in 2021 the police in the state disposed of 1674 rape cases which included 84 FIRs pertaining to gang-rapes and 238 cases of repeated rapes of same complainant. Similarly, in 2020 nealy 42.7 per cent of such cases were declared false, of these nearly 45 per cent complaints were found false.
Information by a leading criminal lawyer of Chandigarh revealed that the trial was completed in 443 rape cases in 2021 across all district courts in the state, but only 72 rape cases (16.3 per cent) ended in conviction, whereas the conviction rate in gang rape cases was identified 12.5%, thus misusing law. However, the percentage of false cases under the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act was low identified as nearly 13 percent. In cases of kidnapping of females, of the total number of 2921 cases disposed of by the police, 2330 (nearly 79.8%) cases were found false whereas in 2020, the percentage of false cases under this category was 76.2%. According to then Director General Police in Haryana, PK Agrawal, conviction rate in kidnapping/abduction cases registered in Haryana in 2021 was recorded as 16.5% and during investigation, most of the cases were found false and motivated when it was decided to initiate action under Section 182 of IPC in such cases.
Now the question arises, if a female is accusing a male on fake sextorsion charges, then what are the legal options available with the male? Ir has been seen, whenever there is a false accusation, there is also evidence to prove the lie. The victim should use common sense and think what evidence you can have to prove the allegations of the complainant female false. One will get that proof as soon as he applies his mind. Now it may be that the evidence is small or if the police does not believe it, then the alleged accused should keep that evidence or witness. In case a female has filed a case of molestation, then see what time that girl has told about the incident of molesting, remember where you were at that time and just submit the proof of innocence according to the situation and show it to the police. If the police do not agree and move a case of innocence in the court, take the bail when your evidence will help you get bail to avoid arrest. The police officer investigating the case will have to come to you and your defense and witnesses. Now because the case was false and you have kept the evidence as well, the female who had made a false case for many hours or days will not be able to prove the lie, and the alleged accused will be able to take revenge by suing that girl for false scase.
Recently, in a complaint registered at Kasauli police station in Himachal by a female from Delhi against two including BJP chief in Haryana Mohan Lal Badauli and his friend Rocky Mittal from Panchkula blaming that she was raped by both in a hotel after she was focribly served liquor and her nude video was also prepared when she was under the influence of liquor, with the plan to trap both in false rape case and extort money? A false honeytrap case was filed against the complainant girl at Panchkula by Badouli along with few evidences, now a case has been registered against five people involved in this conspiracy against Badouli and his friend Rocky, including the complainant girl and a political person Amit Bindal of Sonipat. It is alleged that these people were demanding money by trapping the girl in a honeytrap. On the complaint of Rocky Mittal, Panchkula police have registered a case under sections 308(2) 308(5)61 351(2).
In another recent case, a pastor of a church in a village in Punjab Bajinder Singh has been booked for sexual harassment in Punjab on March 2, 2025. According to police a case has been registered against him under sections 354 A (sexual harassment), 354 D (stalking) and 506 (criminal intimidation) of the Indian Penal Code against the pastor, who refused allegations against him false just to tarnish his image. In the complaint, a female alleged that she and her parents have been visiting the church since October 2017, when the Pastor Bajinder Singh took her mobile number and started sending messages. She alleged in the funny complaint to the police that from 2022, Pastor made her sit alone in a cabin in the church several times, allegedly hugged and touched her inappropriately, but she was afraid of him and could not reveal it to her parents. While talking to social media following with his content often appearing in YouTube Shorts and Instagram Reels, he said that he has over the years been endorsed by several celebrities, film stars and renowned political leaders.
