VIKAS NEMINATH CHAVAN vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 01.09.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2016/2025 VIKAS NEMINATH CHAVAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tarish V. Sathe, Advocate versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State with Mr. Chandrakant, Advocate and SI Manish CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in FIR bearing No.153/2024, registered at Police Station Special Cell, Delhi for the commission of offences under Sections 419/420/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter ‘IPC’]. 2. Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered on the complaint of Ms. Shivani Pandey, alleging that she had been cheated of about ₹91.10 lakh by certain unknown persons operating a WhatsApp group named “Goldman Sachs” (Account Nos. +91-9065901959, +91-9034355469, and WhatsApp Nos. +91-8617768202, +91- 8918943696). They had allegedly induced her, on the pretext of BAIL APPLN. 2016/2025 3. It is stated that ₹20 lakh out of the cheated amount was transferred to AU Small Finance Bank Account No. 2402235355876972 (belonging