* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 16.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on:24.03.2026 + CRL.A. 448/2020 & CRL.M.A. 1344/2026 &CRL.M.(BAIL)

1795/2025 SANDEEP BEDWAL .....Appellant Through: Mr. Akshay Bhandari, Ms. Megha Saroa, Mr. Kushal Kumar, Mr. Janak Raj Ambavat and Mr. Anmol Sachdeva, Advocates.

versus STATE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State with SI Pramod Kumar, Cyber Cell, Crime Branch.

Mr. Faraz Maqbool, Ms. Sana June and Ms. A. Sahitya Veena, Advocates (DHCLSC) for respondent no. 2.

+ CRL.A. 413/2020 GEETA ARORA @ SONU PUNJABAN .....Appellant Through: Mr. Vikas Pahwa, Senior Advocate with Mrs. Preeti Pahwa, Ms. Neena Nagpal, Mr. Malak Bhatt, Mr. A. Singh Rawat, Mr. Jasmeet S. Chadha, Ms. Priyal Jain and Ms.

Nishta Juneja, Advocates.

versus THE STATE (NCT) OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State with SI Pramod Kumar, Cyber Cell, Crime Branch.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA

JUDGMENT

CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J.

1. In these appeals filed under Section 374 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (the Cr.PC.), the appellants/accused persons, 2 in number, in S.C. No. 190/2018 on the file of the Additional Sessio