How to ask permission to make phone call from Android from Android version Marshmallow onwards?

I am trying to make a phone call from Android, and I've set run time permissions as well. And it asks whether to allow making phone calls. But when I press allow, the app crashes:

This is how I implemented it:

private static final int REQUEST_PHONE_CALL = 1;
Intent intent = new Intent(Intent.ACTION_CALL, Uri.parse("tel:" + "+918511812660"));

if (android.os.Build.VERSION.SDK_INT >= Build.VERSION_CODES.M) {
    if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(MainActivity.this, Manifest.permission.CALL_PHONE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
        ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.CALL_PHONE},REQUEST_PHONE_CALL);
    }
    else
    {
        startActivity(intent);
    }
}
else
{
    startActivity(intent);
}

@Override
public void onRequestPermissionsResult(int requestCode,
                                       String permissions[], int[] grantResults) {
    switch (requestCode) {
        case REQUEST_PHONE_CALL: {
            if (grantResults.length > 0 && grantResults[0] == PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
                startActivity(intent);
            }
            else
            {

            }
            return;
        }
    }
}

This is what I obtain in logcat:

java.lang.RuntimeException: Failure delivering result ResultInfo{who=@android:requestPermissions:, 
     request=1, result=-1, data=Intent { act=android.content.pm.action.REQUEST_PERMISSIONS (has extras) }} 
     to activity {com.devpost.airway/com.devpost.airway.activities.MainActivity}: 
     java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 
     'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.toString()' on a null object reference

      at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3733)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3776)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap16(ActivityThread.java)
      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1412)
      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102)
      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5461)
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method)
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726)
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616)

Caused by: java.lang.NullPointerException: Attempt to invoke virtual method 
    'java.lang.String android.content.Intent.toString()' on a null object reference
      at android.app.Instrumentation.execStartActivity(Instrumentation.java:1485)
      at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3930)
      at android.support.v4.app.BaseFragmentActivityJB.startActivityForResult(BaseFragmentActivityJB.java:48)
      at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:75)
      at android.app.Activity.startActivityForResult(Activity.java:3890)
      at android.support.v4.app.FragmentActivity.startActivityForResult(FragmentActivity.java:856)
      at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4213)
      at android.app.Activity.startActivity(Activity.java:4181)
      at com.devpost.airway.activities.MainActivity.onRequestPermissionsResult(MainActivity.java:140)
      at android.app.Activity.dispatchRequestPermissionsResult(Activity.java:6582)
      at android.app.Activity.dispatchActivityResult(Activity.java:6460)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.deliverResults(ActivityThread.java:3729)
      at android.app.ActivityThread.handleSendResult(ActivityThread.java:3776) 
      at android.app.ActivityThread.-wrap16(ActivityThread.java) 
      at android.app.ActivityThread$H.handleMessage(ActivityThread.java:1412) 
      at android.os.Handler.dispatchMessage(Handler.java:102) 
      at android.os.Looper.loop(Looper.java:148) 
      at android.app.ActivityThread.main(ActivityThread.java:5461) 
      at java.lang.reflect.Method.invoke(Native Method) 
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit$MethodAndArgsCaller.run(ZygoteInit.java:726) 
      at com.android.internal.os.ZygoteInit.main(ZygoteInit.java:616) 

What is possibly causing this?

The stack trace seems to indicate that your permissions flow is working ok, but the call to startActivity from onRequestPermissionsResult() is crashing. Is the Intent you're passing to startActivity set correctly? I can't see it being set in that part of the code.

Note also that ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission handles the SDK version checking on your behalf, so you should be able to use

if (ContextCompat.checkSelfPermission(MainActivity.this, Manifest.permission.CALL_PHONE) != PackageManager.PERMISSION_GRANTED) {
    ActivityCompat.requestPermissions(MainActivity.this, new String[]{Manifest.permission.CALL_PHONE},REQUEST_PHONE_CALL);
}
else
{
    startActivity(intent);
}

by itself, without the wrapping SDK version check code.