VIKAS KUMAR vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 11.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1199/2025 VIKAS KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shreesh Chadha, Mr. Aman Singh Bakshi and Divjot Singh Bhatia, Advocates versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP for the State with SI Mohit CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 123/2017 of PS Narela for offence under Section 420/406/120B/34 IPC. 2. This bail application came up for the first hearing on 27.03.2025 before the predecessor bench and thereafter continued getting adjourned before different benches. Thereafter, along with 179 such old pending bail applications, this application was transferred to this bench and today is the first hearing before me. 3. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for the State assisted by the IO/SI Mohit. BAIL APPLN. 1199/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d43 5f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee60 402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified Date: 2026.03.11 17:28:28 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:DIKSHA RAWAT Signing Date:11.03.2026 17:36:47 4. Broadly speaking, prosecution case as flowing out of FIR is as follows. In the month of August, 2015, one Amit Sharma (not an accused in this case) called up the complainant de facto, introducing himself as “from Finance Ministry (Bombay)” and informed that a refund of Rs.5,00,000/- had been received in the office and in order to obtain the same, the complainant