The Delhi High Court has rejected the anticipatory bail plea of a man accused of extorting ₹1.75 crore from a person by posing as a police officer over a WhatsApp video call and showing fabricated Supreme Court and CBI documents. Justice Amit Mahajan passed the order on September 25, observing that the case involves serious allegations of sophisticated digital fraud.

Serious Digital Fraud Involving Multiple Devices

The court noted that the accused allegedly used complex technological mechanisms to mislead and defraud the complainant. “Such cases, by their very nature, involve intricate methods and multiple communication devices and are used to mislead unsuspecting victims. Such crimes are on the rise and the same tend to be significantly harder to crack due to the boon of technology that

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