AAYUSH GOYAL vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 11th December, 2025 Pronounced on: 15th December, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4385/2025 AAYUSH GOYAL S/o Sh. Naveen Goyal R/o J & K Block, Building No.25, Flat No.12, Laxmi Nagar, Delhi-110092 .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kunal Jain, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI Through the S.H.O. P.S. Cyber, Southwest, Delhi .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Bail Application filed under Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) read with Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as “CrPC”) has been filed by the Petitioner/Aayush Goyal for grant of Anticipatory Bail in FIR No. 44/2025 dated 08.07.2025 under Sections 318(4)/61(2)/3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNS”) [corresponding to Section 420/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code (IPC) 1860] at P.S. Cyber, South-West. Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS BAIL APPLN. 4385/2025 Page 1 of 9 ARORA Signing Date:15.12.2025 17:27:47 2. The case of the Prosecution is that the present FIR under Section 318(4) BNS was registered at P.S. Cyber South West on the Complaint of one Sh. Abhishek Raj. He alleged that he received a WhatsApp call from number 8629967903, where a woman introduced herself as “Akansha,” impersonating an HR executive of a Company, namely, Freelance Pvt. Ltd. She informed him about work-from-home tasks available through their website and promised income for each Google search/review performed. Initially, the Complainant received small payments to build trust. Later, the caller told him that his free task coupons had expired and induced him t