Haresh Kumar Choudhary vs State NCT of Delhi

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2023 Supreme(Del) 2238

AMIT SHARMA
Haresh Kumar Choudhary – Appellant
Versus
State NCT of Delhi – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Aditya Kumar Choudhary, Mr. Gurmehar Vaan Singh, Mr. Mrigank Bhardwaj & Mr. Raja Choudhary, Advocates , for the Petitioner.
Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State with A.S.I. Vinay Tyagi, P.S. Crime Branch, Delhi , for the Respondent.

JUDGMENT

Amit Sharma, J.

1. The present application under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 ('CrPC.) seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 149/2022, dated 22.07.2022 under Sections 419/420/468/471/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 ('IPC.) registered at PS Crime Branch.

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are as follows:

i. On 22.07.2022, information was received at PS Crime Branch that a person named Lucky alongwith his associates was involved in cheating people and obtaining money from them on the pretext of getting their loans sanctioned under the 'Pradhan Mantri Mudra Loan' and received the said money in fake bank accounts. It was stated that Lucky and his associates opened several fake bank accounts in order to receive the money and had even purchased several SIM Cards to call people.

ii. Acting on the said information, the informer, alongwith a team of police personnel reached C-Block, New Ashok Nagar, Delhi at about 9:50 AM on 22.07.2022.

iii. The informer identified a person standing nearby as Lucky. Lucky was apprehended and under interrogation, disclosed that he and his associates cheated people on the pretext of getting their l