J U D G M E N T

DINESH KUMAR SHARMA,J:

1. The present bail application has been filed seeking bail in case FIR No. 208/2021 dated 07.08.2021 registered under Sections BAIL APPLN. 1127/2023 Page 1 of 30 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed

170/384/386/388/419/420/506/186/353/463/471/120-B of IPC, 66-D Information Technology Act, Section 3 & 4 of MCOC Act, 1999 registered at PS Special Cell.

2. Briefly stated that the case of the prosecution is that on 15.06.2020 complainant Ms. Aditi S. Singh received a call from a landline number on her mobile phone in which the caller introduced himself as a senior officer in the Ministry of Law and proposed to help her in resolving the legal matters related to her husband and her companies. The person demanded a sum of Rs. 20 Crores for getting the work done and conveyed the modalities regarding the delivery of money. Thereafter, allegedly, the caller through his associates extorted money from her on multiple occasions. It has been alleged that the accused persons hatched a conspiracy by impersonating as Government Officers of the highest ranks and extorted money from the complainant to the tune of Rs. 217 Crores on multiple occasions.

3. Further,