$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010332692026 + BAIL APPLN. 2951/2026 FAISHAL REZA .....Applicant Through: Mr. Mohd. Arif, Mr. Sanjay Raghav, Mr. Vaibhav Saini, Mr. Shivam Chauhan, Advs versus STATE OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Mr. Ashish Priya, Ms. Urmia Jaluja and Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, Advs. SI Sachin, PS Mundka Ms. Anushkaa Arora, Adv. (DHCLSC) for complainant CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 14.09.2026 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.72/2025 dated 09.11.2025 registered at PS.: Cyber Police Station Outer, Delhi under Sections 112(2)/318(4)/3(5)/ 238(c)/61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). 2. Written submissions handed over by learned counsel for the complainant is taken on record. 3. As per prosecution, the complaints made on National Cybercrime Reporting Portal (NCRP Portal) reflect that the applicant and the co- accused persons are involved in the syndicate indulging in cyber/ financial fraud. During investigation, the co-accused Mr. Abhishek revealed that he had opened and given various bank accounts alongwith all the debit cards 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 18/09/2026 at 10:55:17 and passwords thereof to the applicant herein who paid commissions for supplying the same. It was also disclosed that this modus operandi was adopted by the applicant to commit cyber/ financial frauds through different bank accounts of other co-accused persons including his family members leading to registration of as many as 126 complaints on the NCRP Portal across the Country. In fact, the CDR location of the applicant reveals that he had himself made cash withdrawals from ATMs qua the bank accounts operated by him. Further, the WhatsApp chats between him and the co-accused Mr. Abhishek disclose an exchange of login credentials as also admission of the monies earned from the cyber/ financial frauds. More so, the applicant during his interrogation stated that he had destroyed debits cards and had formatted his phone. 4. It is in this factual backdrop, this Court has heard learned counsel for the applicant, learned counsel for the complainant as also learned APP and perused the materials on record. 5. Seemingly, the applicant is involved in a nationwide racket of fraudulently using/ operating bank accounts of third persons, which has led to as many as 126 complaints across the Country on the NCRP Portal. Activity of this high scale shows that he may be the ‘mastermind’ of the syndicate with the sole modus operandi to somehow dupe innocent citizens of their monies. In fact, his WhatsApp chats with co-accused Mr. Abhishek evince that he had conducted transaction(s) amounting to Rs.24,00,00,000/- from time to time, and, as per prosecution earned profit of Rs.80,00,000/- thereon as well. Although the FSL Report qua mobile phone wherefrom the said incriminating material has been recovered is pending, however, considering the vastness and the overall span of the 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 18/09/2026 at 10:55:17 transactions over a period of time coupled with the silence of the applicant do not exude confidence in granting regular bail to him. There also seems to be a direct nexus of the applicant with the offences involved herein. 6. Even otherwise, the investigation is at the initial stage and release of the applicant on regular bail may lead to hampering of evidence and/ or tampering of the witnesses so as to derail the trial and negatively impact the proceedings. Moreover, it is an admitted position that the family members of the applicant involved in the offence are also absconding. 7. Ergo, in view of the above, the present application seeking regular bail is dismissed. 8. Needless to say, 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 SEPTEMBER 14, 2026/rr/aks 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 18/09/2026 at 10:55:17