Papai Koley Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

Papai Koley Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

What the court decided

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Outcome

Conditional bail direction: in the event of arrest, release by the concerned SHO/IO/arresting officer on furnishing personal bond and surety bond of Rs.25,000/- each, coupled with an obligation to keep assisting the Investigation Agency and report to the police as and when intimated/directed; pending applications also disposed of.

Issue for consideration

Whether the three applicants (Directors of Coreitech Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., connected to the cyber-crime financial fraud in which the complainant was duped of Rs.20 lacs) should be released on bail in the event of their arrest, subject to conditions.

Court's answer

All three bail applications are disposed of with the direction that the applicants keep assisting the Investigation Agency and report to the police as and when so intimated and directed.

Ratio / Principle

In the event of their arrest, the applicants are to be released on bail by the concerned SHO/IO/arresting officer on furnishing personal bond and surety bond in a sum of Rs.25,000/- each.

Detailed headnote1 paragraphs

High Court of Delhi (Manoj Jain, J.), Order dated 22.05.2026, disposing of three connected bail applications - BAIL APPLN. 4490/2025 (Sylvester Marcel), BAIL APPLN. 4913/2025 (Papai Koley) and BAIL APPLN. 5065/2025 (Manoj Kumar Sahoo), along with CRL.M.A. 34757/2025 & CRL.M.A. 16345/2026 - arising from a cyber-crime financial fraud in which the complainant was duped of Rs.20 lacs, of which Rs.10 lacs was traced to the IDBI bank account, Puri Branch, in the name of Coreitech Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd., of which the three applicants are Directors in equal shares. The applicants had already joined the investigation and, on 16.04.2026, had volunteered (without prejudice) to deposit Rs.10 lacs with the Registry; finding difficulty in a joint deposit, they sought leave to deposit Rs.3,33,500/- each by ready drafts within three working days. Taking note that they had joined the investigation, undertaken to keep assisting it, and secured the amount in question, the Court disposed of all three applications with directions that they keep assisting the Investigation Agency and report to the police as and when intimated/directed, and that, in the event of their arrest, they be released on bail by the concerned SHO/IO/arresting officer on furnishing personal bond and surety bond of Rs.25,000/- each. Pending applications were likewise disposed of.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

- BAIL APPLN. 4490/2025 & CRL.M.A. 34757/2025 & CRL.M.A. 16345/2026 SYLVESTER MARCEL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Subhashish Kumar and Mr. Akshay, Advocates.

versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with ASI Jaswinder.

8 + BAIL APPLN. 4913/2025 PAPAI KOLEY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Subodh Kr. Pathak and Mr. Abhijeet Saxena, Advocates.

versus

STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with ASI Jaswinder.

9 + BAIL APPLN. 5065/2025 MANOJ KUMAR SAHOO .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Subodh Kr. Pathak and Mr. Abhijeet Saxena, Advocates.

versus

STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with ASI Jaswinder.

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN

O R D E R

% 22.05.2026

All the three applications, being connected, have been taken up together.

The matters pertain to a cyber-crime involving financial fraud wherein the complainant was duped of Rs.20 lacs.

A sum of Rs.10 lacs, out of the abovesaid cheated amount, got transferred to IDBI bank account, Puri Branch. Such account was in the name of Coreitech

BAIL APPLN. 4490/2025 & other connected matters 1

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Consultancy Services Pvt. Ltd . of which the three applicants herein are Directors, in equal shares.

These applications were taken up by this Court on 16.04.2026 and all the three applicants, without prejudice to their rights and contentions, volunteered to deposit the abovesaid amount of Rs.10 lacs with the Registry of this Court. They were, earlier, permitted to join the investigation and as per the report of the Investigating Agency, they have already joined the investigation.

The applicants are finding some difficulty in depositing the amount of Rs.10 lacs con jointly and have prayed that they be permitted to deposit a sum of Rs.3,33,500/- each with the Registry of this Court. They submit that the drafts, which are ready with them, would be submitted with the Registry within three working days.

Keeping in mind the overall facts of the case and the fact that the applicants have joined the investigation already and have also volunteered to keep on assisting in the investigation and have secured the amount in question, all the three applications are disposed of with the direction that they would keep on assisting the Investigation Agency and would report to the police as and when so intimated and directed and in the event of their arrest, they be released on bail by the concerned SHO/IO/arresting officer, on their furnishing personal bond and surety bond in a sum of Rs.25,000/- each.

All the three applications stand disposed of in aforesaid terms.

Pending applications also stand disposed of.

MANOJ JAIN, J

MAY 22, 2026/ss/sa

BAIL APPLN. 4490/2025 & other connected matters 2

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 25/05/2026 at 11:16:53

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 25/05/2026 at 11:16:53