BAIL APPLN. 3727/2026 1 $~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010422132026 + BAIL APPLN. 3727/2026 KAVIRAJ KUKRETY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Wadhwa, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP for State with Insp. Ajai Kumar and SI Ritu Kumari, PS Kishangarh CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 08.09.2026 CRL.M.A. 27698/2026 (for exemption) Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. BAIL APPLN. 3727/2026 1. Applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 0090/2026, registered at Cyber Police Station South-West for commission of offences under Section 67B of Information Technology Act, 2000 and Section 15 of Protection of Children from Sexual Offence Act, 2012. 2. The aforesaid FIR was registered on the basis of source information whereby police learnt that applicant was inter alia involved in browsing, downloading, exchanging or distributing material in electronic form depicting children in an obscene or indecent or sexually explicit manner, over Internet and social media platform. 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 09/09/2026 at 11:22:49 BAIL APPLN. 3727/2026 2 3. Based on the aforesaid information, the applicant was arrested on 17.07.2026. He was also duly served with grounds of arrest. 4. Applicant had, earlier, applied for bail by moving appropriate application before the learned Sessions Court but the same was declined as the investigation was pending and was at nascent stage. 5. Learned counsel for applicant submits that applicant is in his fifties and comes from very poor strata of society. He is sixth pass and has no criminal antecedents of any nature whatsoever and he even does not know how to operate social media account, much less an electronic device like laptop. It is also submitted that he is sole bread earner of his family comprising of his wife and 14 years old daughter. He submits that he had no knowledge about the alleged offences and seems to have been made merely a scapegoat. He is serving as peon in one NGO. 6. Learned counsel for applicant submits that applicant is ready to abide by any condition and would also, if so directed, arrange for a local surety. 7. Learned Addl. P.P. for State appears on advance notice. 8. Concerned IO is also present. 9. It is informed that charge-sheet has already been filed. 10. Ms. Richa Dhawan, learned Addl. P.P. for State, on instructions from IO, submits that applicant had shared some such videos to three Facebook accounts, which were, however, found to be private accounts, not accessible to general public. She submits that investigation qua the aforesaid three accounts is underway. 11. Keeping in mind the overall facts and circumstances of the case, previous clean antecedents of the applicant and the fact that investigation is already over as charge-sheet has already been filed, applicant is admitted to 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 09/09/2026 at 11:22:49 BAIL APPLN. 3727/2026 3 bail on his furnishing personal bond and surety bond in a sum of Rs. 25,000/- each subject to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court/Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Judicial Magistrate First Class subject to the following conditions:- (a) Surety would be local. (b) Applicant shall appear before the learned Trial Court regularly on date(s) fixed. (c) The applicant/accused shall provide his mobile number to the investigating officer and shall keep the same operational all the time, till the disposal of the case. 12. The application stands disposed of in aforesaid terms. 13. A copy of this order be sent to the concerned Court and also to the Jail Superintendent for necessary information and compliance. MANOJ JAIN, J SEPTEMBER 8, 2026/dr/sy 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 09/09/2026 at 11:22:49