NEERAJ GUPTA @ NEERAJ DENGRE vs STATE(GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 10th February, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 42/2025 NEERAJ GUPTA @ NEERAJ DENGRE S/o Sh. Om Prakash Gupta R/o Gali No. 5, Naka, Chandravani Gird, Gwalior, MP-474009. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anurag Jain & Mr. Praveen Malik, Advocates. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) Through/SHO PS Kotla Mubarakpur New Delhi. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for State. S.I. Ashwani Yadav, PS K.M. Pur, Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. First Bail Application under Section 439/482 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973/under Section 483/528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „B.N.S.S.‟) has been filed on behalf of the Applicant, Neeraj Gupta @ Neeraj Dengre for grant of Regular Bail in FIR No. 520/2023 under Section 420/406/409/120B Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as „IPC‟) registered at Police Station Kotla Mubarakpur. 2. It is stated that the above said FIR was registered on the basis of Complaint dated 06.06.2023 of Sh. Umesh Kumar Goel, proprietor of Kuru Signature Not Verified DigitallySigned By:VIKAS ARORA BAIL APPLN. 42/2025 Page 1 of 7 Signing Date:11.02.2025 23:42:35 Agri Products against the Applicant and other persons, on the allegations that the Applicant had approached the Complainant representing himself to be the agent in the business of spices, while other co-accused persons were introduced as dealers in the spice trade. It was further alleged that under the garb of business transactions, the Applicant took Orders for supply of various spices and assured that they would be kept in Sudarshan Cold Storage at Gwalior. 3. The Complainant believed the assurances of the Applicant and pa