$~39 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 28^th January, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 353/2026 RAJENDRA KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhatia, Mr. Sunita and Ms. Komal, Advocates.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Insp. Raj Kumar Pal.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral)

1. Applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 026/2025 under Sections 308/318(4)/319/340 BNS, 2023 (corresponding 383/384/385/386/387/388/389/420/416/419/470/471 IPC) registered at P.S.

Special Cell on 04.07.2025.

2. The facts in brief are that complainant-Vijay Kumar Kathuria, who is in his seventies, reported about online financial fraud amounting to Rs. 1,38,18,100/-. He revealed that some unknown persons, who were impersonating as IPS Officers from Mumbai Police, had placed him under ‘digital arrest’, alleging that the complainant was involved in some money-laundering case.

3. The foremost reason assigned for the grant of anticipatory bail is that the alleged cheated amount has been transferred to an account belonging to M/s Fox Care Technology Pvt. Ltd., in which one Mr. Sayed Solef Ulla is the D