SUMAN LATA SHARMA vs STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI)

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$~91 & 92 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 01.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1257/2026, CRL.M.A. 9888/2026 & CRL.M.A. 9889/2026 SUMAN LATA SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. V.K. Mishra, Mr. Vinit Kumar Dubey & Irshad A. Siddiqui, Advocates versus STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. (92) + BAIL APPLN. 1261/2026, CRL.M.A. 9896/2026 & CRL.M.A. 9897/2026 LOKESH SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. V.K. Mishra, Mr. Vinit Kumar Dubey & Irshad A. Siddiqui, Advocates versus STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 1257/2026 & connected matter Page 1 of 7 Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:02.04.2026 19:53:26 DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (Oral) 1. By way of the present applications, the applicants are seeking grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 39/2025, registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, Outer North, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 308/318(4)/319/340 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS’). 2. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3. Briefly stated, the present FIR was registered on the complaint of one Nitin, aged about 18 years, resident of Bhalswa Dairy, Delhi, alleging that he had come into contact with an Instagram user with the ID “neha-official-007”, who was posing as a female. It is alleged that after several days of conversation, the complainant was induced to participate in online gaming through a website named “Sugo”, where he was promised monetary gains. The complainant was instructed to deposit money in order to play the games and