SALMAN KHAN vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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$~76 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.01.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3607/2024, CRL.M.A. 30126/2024, CRL.M.A. 33581/2024 & CRL.M.A. 30125/2024 SALMAN KHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Kumar and Mr. Keshav Ram and Mr. Sahil, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State with SI Pritosh Rathee. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (ORAL) 1. The present application has been filed under Section 483 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNSS’) on behalf of the applicant Salman Khan, seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 208/2019, registered at Police Station Economic Offences Wing, Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 406/419/420/468/471/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’). 2. The brief facts of the present case, as per the prosecution, are that the FIR in this case was registered on the joint complaint of Mr. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 3607/2024 Page 1 of 8 By:AANCHAL TAGGAR Signing Date:15.01.2025 13:41:36 Imtyaj Alam and 29 others, against Arif Khan and Salman Khan, of M/s Gunjan International Pvt. Ltd. As alleged, the complainants had come in contact with Salman Khan after being induced by advertisements (banners and posters) for jobs in foreign countries, which were pasted on electrical poles on various roads in Delhi. Salman Khan had allegedly promised that he could arrange jobs for them in Kuwait. The complainants had paid ₹60,000 each and handed over their original passports to Salman Khan, with the assurance that they would receive air tickets, original passports with visas, and job agreements on 09.