ATUL TIWARI vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

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$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 01.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 259/2025 & CRL.M.A. 1811/2025 ATUL TIWARI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anubhav Lamba, proxy Counsel. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with SI Raj Kumar, PS Cyber Crime. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 46/2024 of PS Cyber Police Station (South) for offence under Section 420 IPC. 1.1 This bail application came up for the first hearing on 22.01.2025 before the predecessor bench and thereafter continued getting adjourned before different benches. Along with 179 such old pending bail applications, this application also was transferred to this bench. 1.2 Today is the first hearing before me. 2. Initially, at the time of starting the Court, Mr. Anubhav Lamba, proxy counsel for the accused/applicant requested for adjournment on the ground BAIL APPLN. 259/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4556 Signature Not Verified 9af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155709 96b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally Signed Date: 2026.04.01 17:33:25 -07'00' By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:01.04.2026 17:59:56 that the main counsel Mr. Pulkit Aggarwal is ill. The adjournment request was declined on account of old pendency and it was made clear that the matter would be taken up at its turn. 3. Now, once again learned counsel for accused/applicant seeks adjournment on the same ground. But Mr. Pulkit Aggarwal, Advocate, is not the coun