IRFAN vs STATE (GOVT OF NCT DELHI) & ANR.

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$~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.M.C. 5062/2025 & CRL. M.A. 21936/2025 IRFAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anuj Kumar Dhaka, Adv. versus STATE (GOVT OF NCT DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for State Mr. Nipu Sharma and Mr. Samir Mudgil, Advs. for R-2 CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL ORDER (ORAL) % 29.07.2025 CRL.M.A. 21935/2025 1. Exemption allowed subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. CRL.M.C. 5062/2025 & CRL. M.A. 21936/2025 3. The factual matrix of the case, as discerned from the record, is set out as follows: I. The genesis of the present criminal proceedings lies in a complaint dated 23.01.2025 lodged by the complainant/respondent no. 2, Mr. Jasvinder Singh Bahra, a 63-year-old citizen. II. The said complaint was addressed to the Cyber Police Station, South-West District, Delhi, wherein, it was alleged that the complainant had been induced, under the guise of a fraudulent online coin trading scheme, to part Signature Not Verified Signed By:SHILPI CRL.M.C. 5062/2025 Page 1 of 14 Signing Date:01.08.2025 18:57:20 with a substantial sum of Rs.33,28,196/- over a span of several months from June, 2024 to January, 2025. III. It was averred that the complainant, having been lured by an advertisement on Facebook regarding the sale and purchase of old currency coins, entered into communication with one Mr. Sanjay Sharma. The said individual, impersonating himself and others including an RBI official and even a police officer, succeeded in extracting money from the complainant under various pretexts such as registration fees, courier charges, tax payments, and so forth. IV. Upon receipt of the aforesaid complaint, the concerned police authorities, registered FIR No. 14/2025 on 11.03.2025 a