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IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
SUMEET GOEL
Aayush Malhotra – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
SUMEET GOEL, J.
1. Present petition has been filed under Section 482 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter to be referred as ‘the BNSS’) for grant of pre-arrest/anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case bearing FIR No.167 dated 25.06.2025, registered for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 61(2), 238 of BNS 2023, at Police Station Cyber Crime, NIT Faridabad, District Faridabad.
2. The gravamen of the FIR in question reflects that the complainant namely Sushma Bhatia resident of Faridabad in his complaint made to the police has stated that on 16.06.2025, she received a call on her mobile phone from a person who claimed to be a CID Inspector from the Mumbai Crime Branch and falsely informed her that she had been arrested. Subsequently, she received a video call on her mobile phone wherein a person posing as a police officer informed her that she was an accused in the Naresh Goyal Jet Airways Money Laundering Case and that she had been placed under ‘house arrest/digital arrest.’ She was further threatened that formal orders would be issued and that she would have to pay an amount of Rs.6,80,00,000/- in connection with the said case. She was als
Anticipatory bail is denied in cases of serious allegations involving cyber financial fraud, emphasizing the necessity for custodial interrogation to ensure thorough investigation and address broader....
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