ORDER :

Rajnish Bhatnagar, J.

1. This is a petition filed by the petitioner under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 255/2019 under Sections 420/406/120-B IPC registered at Police Station Prasad Nagar, Delhi.

2. In brief the facts of the case are that the complainant and his wife were interested in purchasing an immovable property in South Delhi in the name of the wife of the complainant i.e. Mrs. Anju Gupta. One Vishnu Bhagat introduced the complainant to the applicant/accused and the applicant/accused help the complainant to zero-in upon the property belonging to one Shubham Dubey. Assurance was given to the complainant that the property was free from all encumbrances and on that assurance given by the applicant/accused and said Shubham Dubey, a deal was struck for the purchase of the property for a sum of Rs.1.35 crores. In this regard, an agreement to sell was duly executed between said Shubham Dubey and the wife of the complainant, and 22.8.2019 was fixed as the date for execution of the Sale Deed in favour of the wife of the complainant i.e. Mrs. Anju Gupta at the office of Sub-Registrar, Mehrauli. The draft sale deed was also approved by the parties a