VANSH MEHRA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: November 24, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3549/2025 & CRL.M.A. 27859/2025 VANSH MEHRA .....Applicant Through: Mr. Naginder Benipal, Mr. Ankit Siwach, Mr. Udit Vaghela, Mr. Jaskaran Singh, Mr. Saarthak Sethi, Mr. Arjun Baliyan and Ms. Kritika, Advs. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for the State with Ms. Divya Yadav, Adv. with SI Sumit Tomar, PS Aman Vihar. Mr. Anurag Singh, Adv. for the complainant. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. 1. By the present bail application, the applicant seeks regular bail in FIR No. 646/2024 dated 15.10.2024, registered at Police Station Aman Vihar, for the offence under Section 316(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). 2. The FIR was registered on a complaint alleging that in the month of August, 2024, the complainant had sold a property and Signature Not Verified Signed By:SANJAY BAIL APPLN. 3549/2025 Page 1 of 5 KUMAR Signing Date:24.11.2025 20:48:21 received a sum of ₹28,00,000/- in cash which was entrusted to the father of the applicant. The father of the applicant was asked to return the money, however, the same was refused. 3. During the course of investigation, statement of the father of the applicant was recorded who admitted that a sum of ₹28,00,000/- was received by him from the complainant and stated that the said amount had been taken away by the applicant. 4. On an earlier occasion, the pre-arrest bail filed by the applicant was rejected noting that the father of the applicant had given a categorical statement to the effect that the applicant had run away with the money which was entrusted to him. 5. It was noted that the father of the applicant has not retracted from the statement given to th