Influencer Bobby Kataria Denied Anticipatory Bail In Gurugram Extortion Case

Social media influencer Bobby Kataria who was once booked for lighting up a cigarette apparently inside a plane, has been denied anticipatory bail now in a case pertaining extortion and abusing a woman on social media.

Additional District and Sessions Judge Tarun Singhal rejected the bail plea of accused Balwant Singh alias Bobby Kataria on Wednesday.

The matter was booked on December 26, 2017 at the Women's Police Station (East) of Sector 51 at the complaint of a woman who had alleged that Kataria tried to extort money from her when she approached him for help regarding some marital issue.

The woman had approached Bobby Kataria on social media when she found out that her husband was married to another woman and had a kid with her.

In her complaint she wrote that Bobby Kataria asked her to meet at a place in Gurugram and allegedly demanded Rs 1.5 lakh from her.

When she refused to give him the money, Bobby Kataria started abusing her on social media, she said.

Bobby Kataria was arrested on January 10, 2018, and was given bail on February 3, 2018, which was cancelled after he failed to appear in court for his hearings, said police.

The court cancelled his bail on October 7, 2022, and issued non-bailable warrants against him.

His lawyer has argued that Bobby failed to come for hearings because he had surrendered in a Dehradun court in another case. Bobby has got bail from Dehradun court too.

Bobby Kataria was booked in Dehradun after a video of him drinking alcohol in the middle of what has been reported to be Mussoorie-Kimadi road had gone viral on social media.

The Gurugram-based social media influencer had also stoked a controversy in August this year, when he had someone record a video of him smoking a cigarette inside a SpiceJet flight.

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