ANKUSH KUMAR MAHATO vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on 20.11.2025 Judgment Delivered on 03.12.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3641/2025 ANKUSH KUMAR MAHATO .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Nachiketa Vajpayee, Mr. Pawan Kumar Dabas, Mr. Nikhil Chandra Jaiswal, Ms. Shubhi Bhardwaj, Ms. Manasi Sridhar, Ms. Safeena Khan and Ms. Vanshika Mudgil, Advs. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for State with SI Sweety Malik PS Paharganj. Mr. Aagam Jain and Mr. Bal Kishan, Advs. for R-2. With R-2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J CRL.M.A. 28530/2025 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. BAIL APPLN. 3641/2025 3. The present petition has been filed seeking grant of anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No. 498/2025 under Sections 4. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the FIR is that the complainant met the petitioner/accused (hereinafter referred to as “petitioner”) on a dating app namely, “OK Cupid” on 08.08.2021. They shared their information and eventually started talking on Snapchat. Thereafter, on 17.10