$~20 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + W.P.(C) 10619/2025 and CM APPL. 71720/2025, CM APPL. 71941/2025 APEXPAY TECHNOLOGIES PVT. LTD. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. A. Chandra Shekhar Yadav, Mr. B. Arun Kumar Sinha and Ms. C. Pakhi Dutta Roy, Advs. versus COMMISSIONER OF POLICE & ORS. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, Senior Panel Counsel with Mr. Aniruddha Ghosh, Ms. Amisha Upadhyay, Advs for UOI. Mr. Ramesh Babu, Ms. Manisha Singh, Mr. Rohan Srivastava, Advs for R-13. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV O R D E R % 07.01.2026 1. The petitioner company is a Digital Payment Solution and Technology provider operating in payment gateway under the name “ApexPay”. 2. The petitioner maintains a Nodal Account with respondent no. 15 i.e. Yes Bank Ltd. at Delhi. As per the case of the petitioner, certain unknown digital fraudsters misused the petitioner‟s payment gateway to commit digital frauds pursuant to which multiple complaints were lodged with cyber This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 12/01/2026 at 12:47:03 police across various States. Acting on such complaints, respondent nos. 2 to 12 issued instructions to freeze the petitioner‟s Nodal Account resulting in complete freezing of the account. The petitioner submits that despite the fact that the alleged fraudulent amounts are no longer lying in the petitioner‟s account and substantial refunds have already been made. The entire Nodal Account remains frozen paralysing the business operation of the petitioner. 3. As per the petitioner, it has received numerous notices from police jurisdictions and is unable to approach each authority individually, hence, he has filed the instant petition. 4. Vide order dated 19.08.2025, the Court directed the impleadment of India Cyber Crime Coordination Centre (under the aegis of Ministry of Home Affairs) as respondent no.16. The aforesaid authority was also directed to file status report. Pursuant thereto, status report has been filed on 16.12.2025. 5. During the course of hearing, Mr. Shoumendu Mukherji, learned counsel appearing for respondent no.16, fairly contends that the complaints with respect to the petitioner as of now, relate to a sum of Rs. 2,42,66,323/-. He also submits that the same shall, however, remain subject to further investigation to be undertaken by the said authority. 6. Mr. Mukherji clarifies that eventually, if the authorities are convinced that the concerned fraud is not attributable to the petitioner, the appropriate order shall be passed. 7. Under these circumstances, the Court finds it appropriate to dispose of the petition directing the de-freezing of Nodal Account No. 018461100000025 of the petitioner, which it maintains with respondent no.15 i.e. Yes Bank Ltd to the except to the extent of Rs. . 2,42,66,323/- This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 12/01/2026 at 12:47:03 8. With the aforesaid directions, the petition, along with pending applications, stands disposed of. 9. The date already fixed i.e. 10.02.2026 stands cancelled. PURUSHAINDRA KUMAR KAURAV, J JANUARY 7, 2026 aks/amg This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 12/01/2026 at 12:47:03