BAIL APPLN. 2392/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages $~35 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 02.07.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 2392/2026 & CRL.M.A. 18655/2026 KUMAR GAURAV .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Samridhi Dobhal, Ms. Lisa Pejwal, Ms. Apoorv Paliya and Mr. Utkarsh Singh, Advocates versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP for State with SI Neeraj Kumar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 674/2025 of Police Station Subhash Place, Delhi for offence under Section 318(4)/ 316(2)/61(2)/3(5)/112 BNS. 2. Broadly speaking, prosecution case is that the main accused, namely Pranav allegedly cheated some students by collecting money from them on the pretext of arranging their admission in some college in Mumbai, but it GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff80 1e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.07.02 17:38:19 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:02.07.2026 17:43:49 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 2392/2026 Page 2 of 3 pages turned out that he had no such connections. As regards the present accused/applicant, the allegation of prosecution is that he was involved in the offence as a conspirator and in his presence, money was paid to the main accused Pranav, who shared a sum of Rs.25,00,000/- with the present accused/applicant. 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that he is innocent and has been in jail since 02.02.2026. It is contended that there is no legally admissible evidence against the accused/applicant. It is also submitted that since chargesheet has already been filed, no purpose would be served by keeping him in jail. 4. Learned APP for State assisted by IO/SI Neeraj Kumar submits that the evidence as regards complicity of the accused/applicant is only that the complainant students identified the accused/applicant in the police station and stated that the accused/applicant used to be present whenever they paid money to the main accused Pranav. In addition to that, the IO submits that another piece of evidence against the accused/applicant is the disclosure statement of main accused Pranav, who stated in police custody that out of the cheated amount, he had withdrawn Rs.25,00,000/- from his bank account and handed it over to the accused/applicant. Apart from that, there is no evidence against the accused/applicant, according to learned APP for State. 5. Considering the above circumstances, especially the nature of evidence relied upon by prosecution, I find no reason to deprive further GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e 26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.07.02 17:38:09 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:02.07.2026 17:43:49 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 2392/2026 Page 3 of 3 pages liberty to the accused/applicant. Therefore, the bail application is allowed and accused/applicant is directed to be released on bail subject to his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court. 6. A copy of this order be immediately transmitted to the concerned Jail Superintendent for informing the accused/applicant. GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE) JULY 02, 2026/as GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4af ec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacc a, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d 15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965f f801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.07.02 17:37:56 +05'30' By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:02.07.2026 17:43:49