New Delhi, June 6 -- The Supreme Court on Friday turned down the bail plea of Haryana-based travel blogger Jyoti Malhotra, who is accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistan, observing that national security cannot be compromised at any cost. Terming the charges against Malhotra "very serious," a bench of justices Dipankar Datta and SC Sharma dismissed her petition challenging a March 7 order of the Punjab and Haryana high court, which had refused her bail on identical grounds. When Malhotra's lawyer argued that she had been incarcerated for over a year since her arrest on May 16 last year and had no prior criminal antecedents, the bench retorted that any defence she had was a subject matter of trial. The court noted that she allegedly visited the neighbouring country, met individuals at Chanakyapuri, and remained in constant touch with Ehsan-Ur-Rahim, alias Danish, an official at the Pakistan high commission, whom the government had ordered to leave the country, concluding that it was not a case for bail. Malhotra, a resident of Hisar who ran a YouTube channel named Travel-with-Jo, is accused of sharing sensitive information with Pakistani intelligence officials. The state police registered a case against her under the Official Secrets Act and Section 152 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), which relates to acts endangering the sovereignty and integrity of the country. This followed evidence that Malhotra met Danish, travelled to Pakistan to meet officers of its security and intelligence agency-whose names she disclosed to the police-and maintained regular contact with them via social media. Investigation and forensic examination of her gadgets revealed that she used multiple social media platforms to communicate with operatives in Pakistan, routinely deleted those conversations, and exchanged video footage of the Pandoh Dam in Himachal Pradesh alongside other strategic installations and security establishments. Suspicious bank transactions allegedly nailed her role in the case. The Haryana Police found that Malhotra used to secretly meet Danish at the Pakistan high commission. He was declared "persona non grata" by the Union ministry of external affairs and expelled from the country on May 14, 2025. In its order, the high court had concluded that there was sufficient prima facie material to establish the offences, ruling that given the gravity of the anti-national activities and her conduct, Malhotra was not entitled to the benefit of bail....