ASHOK KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 17.04.2026 Judgment delivered on: 22.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 40/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6689/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6704/2026 ASHOK KUMAR .....Petitioner versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent + BAIL APPLN. 133/2026 & CRL.M.A. 5173/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6695/2026 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 355/2026 MOHIT .....Petitioner versus STATE OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent + BAIL APPLN. 226/2026 VIPUL RANA .....Petitioner versus STATE GOVT OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent + BAIL APPLN. 243/2026 HIMANSHU SINGH .....Petitioner versus STATE GOVT OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent Memo of Appearance For the Petitioner: Mr. Mohit Chaudhary, Mr. Kunal Sachdeva and Mr. Lakshay Yadav, Advocates in BAIL APPLN. 40/2026 Mr. Arjun Singh Bhati and Ms. Sajal Sinha, Advocates in BAIL APPLN. 133/2026 Mr. Dhruv Sharma, Mr. Puneet B. and Mr. Shivam Verma, Advocates in BAIL APPLN. 226/2026 & BAIL APPLN. 243/2026 1. Sh. Naresh Malhotra, a senior citizen in his late seventies, is, yet another, victim of ‘digital arrest’. 2. On 01.08.2025, he received a call on his landline from some unknown fraudsters who impersonated as Airtel officials. They told him that his Aadhaar credentials had be