PRAVESH KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 31.07.2025 Date of Decision: 14.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3623/2024 PRAVESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Panna Lal Sharma, Adv. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for State and Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. along with SI Ravi Poonia, PS Dayalpur. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 1. The Petitioner, through the present application, under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (formerly Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), seeks regular bail in FIR No. 391/2023 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, and 120- B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, registered at P.S. Dayalpur, Delhi. Factual Background 2. The case arises out of FIR No. 391/2023 dated 27.05.2023, based on a written complaint filed by one Mohd. Hamid. The allegations pertain to a property fraud involving House No. D-7/63, Dayalpur, Delhi1, measuring 200 square yards, which the complainant 1 hereinafter “subject property” Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3623/2024 Page 1 of 12 Signed By:SHILPI Signing Date:14.08.2025 18:45:33 claims to have purchased from the present petitioner, Pravesh Kumar, on the basis of forged and fabricated documents. 3. The complainant states that the transaction was initiated on 27.10.2022, when a meeting took place at the residence of the petitioner. In the presence of several persons, including the petitioner’s father Chhote Lal, wife Suman Lata, daughter, and others, a token amount of Rs. 2,00,000/- was paid by the complainant. Subsequent cash payments were made on 28.10.2022 (Rs. 8,00,000/-), 15.11.2022 (Rs. 5,00,000/-), 27.04.2023 (Rs. 20,00,000/-), 28.04.2023 (Rs. 6,00,000/-), 30.04.2023 (Rs. 10,00,000/-), and 05.05.2023 (Rs. 21