Kushagra Shrivastava & Anr. v. State of Delhi & Ors.
Case brief
What is this about?
The Delhi High Court disposed of a bail application and writ petition after an amicable settlement was reached between the accused and all 34 complainants in an EOW FIR involving cheating for fake NRI/management quota admissions. The court directed transfer of charge-sheets to the Chief Judicial Magistrate handling the related Cyber PS Dwarka case to supervise disbursement of seized cash to complainants per the settlement. The accused remains on interim bail and may seek regular bail after full disbursement. The court held that Income Tax proceedings cannot block disbursement to complainants.
What did the court decide?
Bail application and writ petition disposed of in terms of amicable settlement; charge-sheets directed to be transferred for supervised disbursement of seized cash to 34 complainants; accused at liberty to seek regular bail after disbursement.