ASHOK KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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* 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 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 40/2026, BAIL APPLN. 133/2026 1 Signed By:SONIA BAIL APPLN. 226/2026 & BAIL APPLN. 243/2026 THAPLIYAL Signing Date:22.04.2026 15:04:08 For the Respondent: Mr. Anupam S.Sharrma, Mr. Abhiyant Singh, Mr. Vashisht Rao and Ms. Amisha P. Dash, Advocates. Mr. Nupur Sharma, Mr. Manan P., Ms. Apurva Gaur, Mr. Mohit Kumar Bansal and Ms. Priya Tripathi, Advocates for complainant. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN JUDGMENT MANOJ JAIN, J 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 been used for opening a fraudulent bank account in Mumbai and threatened to suspend his telecom and internet services, unless he conse