ADITYA SHARMA vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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$~38 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 85/2026 ADITYA SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Keshav Kant Sharma & Mr. Swaraj Maurya, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (Oral) CRL.M.A. 745/2026 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. BAIL APPLN. 85/2026 3. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 295/2025, registered at Police Station Special Cell, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 61/112 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS’). 4. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 5. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that on 26.11.2025, BAIL APPLN. 85/2026 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:09.01.2026 18:17:23 officials of P.S. Special Cell had received secret information that certain persons were operating a cyber-fraud gang from Hotel Imperial Residency, Dwarka, Delhi, and were clandestinely using bank accounts for fraudulent transactions. Acting upon the said information, a raid was conducted at the hotel, pursuant to which four persons, namely Sultan Salim Sheikh, Syed Ahmed Chaudhary @ Pathan @ Shahid, Tushar Maliya and Satish Kumar, were apprehended from Room No. 105 of the said hotel. During investigation, the aforesaid persons disclosed that they were providing bank accounts to cyber-fraudsters on commission basis and were staying at the said hotel under the arrangement of their handlers, while frequently shifting locatio