$~81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1044/2026 & CRL.M.A. 7888/2026 RITU GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Gupta, Utkarsh Tiwari, Mr.

Akash Gupta and Mr. Alok Kumar, Advocates.

versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for the State with SI Tilak Raj.

CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL)

1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 152/2025 of Police Station Special Cell for offence under Section 308/318(4)/319 of BNS.

2. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for the State assisted by IO/SI Tilak Raj.

3. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case is that the accused/applicant, along with two co-accused persons, namely, Shiv Shankar and Banwari Lal committed cyber fraud by carrying out digital arrest of the complainant de facto, who is an old aged lady. The FIR was registered online, after which D Si i g gi n ta a l t l u y r S e i g N n o ed t Verified G KA IR T I H SH P ALIA DD26Cps9cD e n .9 9 oO iN a 5 r g = a 6 s t i . U :4 a i e f t bG tc 3 aR l . : a 4 2 N = I 9 l 2 T R l C 0 0I 6 u 0 y I N f oO = S 2 m 2 8 s, d H 8cF 6 0 io be g 4