J SIVARAM vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: December 12, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3122/2025, CRL.M.A. 24192/2025 & CRL.M.A. 37239/2025 J SIVARAM .....Applicant Through: Ms. Nandita Rao, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Alok Tripathi, Mr. Saurabh Mishra & Mr. Amitosh Chaturvedi, Advs. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State Inspector Ajay Kumar, PS- IFSO/ Special Cell CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application is filed seeking regular bail in FIR No. 351/2024 dated 20.08.2024, registered at Police Station Special Cell, for offences under Sections 316(2)/318(4)/61(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS’) and Section 71 of the Information Technology Act, 2000 (‘IT Act’). 2. Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered on a complaint made by one Vijay Singh alleging that he came across various videos of Youtubers promoting a mobile application– HIBOX. The said app was represented to provide opportunities to 3. When the grievance was intimated to HIBOX employees, they chalked the delay to be on account of TDS issues as well as some issues in server. Pursuant to registration of