$~11 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 1839/2026 RAJU ALAM .....Applicant Through: Ms. Arti Prasad, Adv. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. with SI Ankit Choudhary, SI Dharmendra, PS: Kishangarh Mr. Abhishek Kumar, Advocate for Complainant CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 13.07.2026 1. By virtue of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in FIR No.384/2024 dated 29.12.2024 registered at PS.: Kishangarh, Delhi under Sections 419/420/467/468/471/120B/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). 2. Status Report handed over by the learned APP is taken on record. 3. Succinctly put, as per prosecution, the applicant, who was known to the complainant, obtained the complainant's personal documents on the pretext of arranging a housing loan. Though the complainant ultimately availed a loan from another finance company, the applicant, in conspiracy with co-accused Dinesh Kalra and officials of Hinduja Housing Finance, forged the complainant's signatures and other documents, and procured 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 15/07/2026 at 11:34:29 sanction of a housing loan in the names of the complainant and his wife against the property of co-accused Dinesh Kalra. They facilitated execution of the sale documents by using an impersonator as the complainant's wife and received commission from the proceeds of the alleged fraudulent transaction. 4. In these facts, this Court has heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned APP for the State and perused the documents on record. 5. Facts disclose that after completion of investigation, charge-sheet has already been filed before the learned Trial Court. Moreover, co- accused Dinesh Kalra, who as per prosecution is the principal beneficiary of the alleged fraudulent transaction and in whose accounts the substantial part of the alleged cheated amount was transferred, has already been granted regular bail after settlement of the dues with Hinduja Housing Finance by the learned Trial Court. Besides that, two other co-accused Ritesh Bagri and Amit Kumar have also been granted regular bail. 6. Under these circumstances, particularly, on the ground of parity with the other three co-accused, when there are no distinguishing circumstances pointed out by the prosecution, the applicant who has been in judicial custody for more than one year two months as on date, has made out a case for grant of regular bail. 7. Accordingly, the applicant be released on regular bail in proceedings arising out of FIR No.384/2024 dated 29.12.2024 registered at PS.: Kishangarh, Delhi under Sections 419/420/467/468/471/120B/34 of the IPC, subject to him furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- [Rupees Fifty Thousand Only] along with one surety of the like amount by a family member/ friend having no criminal case pending 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 15/07/2026 at 11:34:29 against him and further subject to the satisfaction of the Jail Superintendent, and further subject to the following conditions:- i. Applicant shall not leave NCT of Delhi without prior permission of this Court and shall ordinarily reside at the address as per prison records. If he wishes to change his residential address, he shall immediately intimate about the same to the IO by way of an affidavit. ii. Applicant shall surrender his Passport, if any, to the IO, within a period of three days. iii. Applicant shall appear before the Court as and when the matter is taken up for hearing. iv. Applicant shall provide all his mobile numbers to the IO concerned which shall be kept in working condition at all times and shall not be switch off or change the mobile number without prior intimation to the IO concerned. v. Applicant shall report to the IO at PS.: Kishangarh, Delhi once every month in the first week of the month unless leave of every such absence is obtained from the learned Trial Court. vi. Applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity and shall not communicate with or come in contact with any of the prosecution witnesses, or tamper with the evidence of the case. 8. Accordingly, the present application is allowed and disposed of in the aforesaid terms. 9. Copy of this order be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for necessary information and compliance thereof. 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 15/07/2026 at 11:34:29 10. Needless to mention, expression of view(s) on the merits, if any, are solely for the purposes of adjudication of the present application and shall have no bearing on the overall case/trial involved. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 13, 2026/So 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 15/07/2026 at 11:34:29