SH. AFTAB vs STATE (GNCT OF DELHI)

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$~61 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1882/2026 & CRL.M.A. 15188/2026 SH. AFTAB .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Lokesh Kumar Mishra, Mr. Vinay Kumar, Ms. Shreya Thakur and Mr. Himanshu Sharma, Advocates. versus STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP for State with IO/SI Praveen Kumar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 33/2026 of Police Station Cyber Police Station West, Delhi for offence under Section 318(4)/319/340/61(2)/3(5) BNS. 2. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case is that the complainant Rajiv Bansal alleged that his credit card details were misused by someone to the tune of Rs.1,76,000/-. The IO calls this a cyber fraud. During investigation, the money from the said credit card was found to have been credited in the bank accounts of one Mohd. Sarfaraz and Mohd. Rehan, who have been arrested. When they were in police custody, Mohd. Sarfaraz and Mohd. Rehan stated that it is the present accused/applicant Aftab who had told BAIL APPLN. 1882/2026 Page 1 of 2 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4556 9af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155709 Signature Not Verified 96b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.05.13 05:30:58 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:13.05.2026 17:42:21 them to open such bank accounts. It is on this basis of that the IO claims that the present accused/applicant is the kingpin of the cyber fraud syndicate. 3. Learned counsel for accused/a