JUDGMENT :

Sandeep Moudgil, J. (Oral)

Relief Sought

The jurisdiction of this Court has been invoked under Section 439 Cr.P.C. seeking regular bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.16 dated 02.05.2024, under Sections 120-B, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471, 506 of IPC, 1860 registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, Kaithal, District Kaithal, Haryana (Annexure P-1).

2. Facts

Facts as narrated in the FIR reads as under:-

"At present, a complaint number 88-NCRP dated 04.03.24 has been received after Investigation from the office of Superintendent of Police, Kaithal, through post at Police Station, the gist of which is as follows: - To, SHO, Police Station Cyber Crime, Kaithal. Subject: Complaint regarding extortion of money fraudulently against: Monica WhatsApp No.8277073522, 1.Rohit Mob. No. 8967791015 and 8126674803 employees, Coin DXC Company. Sir, it is submitted that I am Gurdev Singh, son of late. Richpal Singh, resident of Ward 5 Khurana Road Police Station City Police Station Kaithal, District Kaithal and am unemployed. I filed a complaint no. 21303240007904 dated 03.03.24 on NCRP portal in which due to lack of complete details, I am separately giving full details regarding the above complaint that, on 25.01.24, through an ad of work at home on Instagram, I met a girl named Monica, who gave a WhatsApp number 8277073522, on which I messaged from WhatsApp number 9812922718, then I got a message from Radhika in which it was written to talk to Coin DCX Exchange Digital Marketing Company Pvt. Ltd. India. When I chatted with Radhika, she offered me work from home in which I would have to complete some tasks from home, for which she gave me a link of Telegram. When I clicked on the link, I started talking to @moniksing666 on Telegram where a girl named Monica told me about the money investing scheme and initially got me to complete the task of investing Rs. 1000/- on 26.01.24. Which I transferred from my account number 78830100021056 of Bank of Baroda branch Ambala Road Kaithal through UPI Google Pay to UP ID pawankumar012474@okicici. In which I got a profit of Rs. 300/- and my amount became Rs1300/-. After that on 27.01.24, I invested Rs.7,000/- which I transferred from my Google Pay to UPI ID deeprajkaindia@oksbi. In this way I made a total of 3 other transactions of Rs.28,600/- UPI ID OKYBBY@YBL, 50,000/- 10,000/- to UPI ID R39621169@OKSBI. In which I was shown total profit of Rs. 1,25,000/-. On 29.01.24, I had a chat with Sandeep Singh's telegram group @Sandeep0966 in which a total of four transactions were made from me Rs.3,000/- UPI ID: 9111778791@YBL, Rs.10,000/- UPI ID: DEEPAKNAGRAJO7-1@OKAXIS, Rs.10,000/- and Rs.5,000/ - UPI ID : Transferred to PAVAN2221@YBL. On 30.01.24, Rohit I received a call from 8967791015 from Rohit of Coin DCX who made me to join the Telegram group Coin DCX Customer Service where many members were active and trading in Bitcoin. Rohit persuaded me to invest in Bitcoin and on 30.01.24, on the saying of Rohit, I deposited Rs.2,39,140/- through RTGS from my wife Neetu's account number 78830100021458 Bank of Baroda, Ambala Road Kaithal, to the account number 15370100203769 IFSC code. : FDRL0001537, deposited in Federal Bank of India account holder Mohammad Suhaib. After this my total profit became Rs.4,78,280/-. Then on 31.01.24, I withdrew a total of Rs.70,000/- (50,00020,000) from my above account number 1520391048796 IFSC code: JOP0000001, Jio Payment Bank and on 01.02.24 Rs.50,000/- from my wife's above account number 15203391053253 IFSC code: JIOP0000001, deposited in Jio Payment Bank. When I tried to withdraw the said amount on 02.02.24, they canceled it by showing me the message credit score is less than 100 points. Then Rohit told me that your credit score is 40 points, which you will have to increase to 100 points and you will have to purchase 60 points for which you will have to deposit another Rs.3,60,000/-, which will later be returned to you along with the profit he also sent me a Coin DCX letter on Tele