SH. RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY@ SATYENDRA DUBEY vs THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 12.11.2025 Date of Decision: 06.12.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2894/2024 SH. RAJNEESH KUMAR PANDEY@ SATYENDRA DUBEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aakash Kumar, Mr. Abhijeet Singh, Mr. Varun Jain and Mr. Abhay Goswami, Advs. versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for State with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. SI Vikas Malik, PS EOW Mr. Ninad Dogra, Adv. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 1. The present petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 20231, has been filed by the petitioner seeking regular bail in connection with FIR no.170/2022 registered at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, Mandir Marg, New Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 170, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 472, 473, 474 and 120B of the Indian Penal Code. 2. The complainant in the subject FIR, one Mr. Subbuswami, at the time a 78-year-old ex-serviceman who had served the army for 18 1 “BNS” hereinafter Signature Not Verified BAIL Signed By:ANKITA RAI APPLN. 2894/2024 Page 1 of 10 Signing Date:06.12.2025 18:49:29 years, stated that he came across one Mr. Sivaraman, residing at an MP quarter in New Delhi, during his visit to Hyderabad. The complainant averred that he met Sivaraman through a common acquaintance, and Sivaraman boasted to be closely associated with various MPs and Ministers and also extended his aid in facilitating employment in the Railways for job seekers in exchange for monetary gratification. 3. Three names were put forth before Sivaraman, by the complainant, as candidates seeking jobs, after which it is alleged that Sivaraman persistently reached out to the complainant and asked to arrange a meeting with the jobseekers, after which the compl