MAHENDER CHAWLA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~P-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 09.04.2026 Pronounced on: 30.04.2026 Uploaded on: 30.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3345/2025 MAHENDER CHAWLA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nishank Tyagi, Mr. Mohd. Mubashir and Mr. Manmeet Verma, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP with SI Lakhan, PS EOW Mr. Deepak Vashisht, Advocate for Complainants. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 349/2020 dated 01.10.2020, registered at Police Station South Rohini for offences punishable under Sections 420/406/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC”]. FACTS: 2. The prosecution has placed a status report dated 11.11.2025 on record, and the facts, as emerging therefrom, are as follows: a) For nearly two decades prior to the registration of the present FIR, the accused persons, Ms. Renu Chawla and her husband Mr. Mahender Chawla [applicant herein], had been organizing “Committees”, inducing approximately 150-200 persons to invest therein on assurances of high returns, while representing such 2020. These transactions are sta