AJAY vs THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI)

$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 12.12.2025 Judgment Delivered on: 22.12.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3457/2025 AJAY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. C.M. Sangwan, Advocate. versus THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for State with SI Bunty Drall, PS-KNK Marg. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J 1. The present petition has been filed on behalf of petitioner under Section 482 BNSS, 2023 seeking anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No. 645/2024 under Section 351(3)/3(5)/61(2)/308(4) BNS, 2023 registered at PS-K.N. Katju Marg. 2. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the status report dated 24.11.2025 is that a case was registered on the statement of complainant Pawan Dua, who alleged that through WhatsApp calls, threats voice message and clippings received on 24.12.2024 from Malaysia and also on 08.01.2025 from Dubai, an attempt was made to extort an amount of Rs.5 Crores. 3. During the course of investigation, accused Naveen @ Sonu was arrested in the present case and one paper slip having national /international phone numbers, jail numbers and the complainant’s number