Gurgaon District Court · Punjab & Haryana High Court · Supreme Court of India
An FIR has been registered. An account has been frozen. An arrest is hours away. Advocate Rajat Kadyan handles bail, anticipatory bail, cyber crime FIRs and account de-freezing across Gurugram and Haryana — and answers the phone at 3 a.m.
Reviewed by Advocate Kadyan personally. Confidential, no obligation.
The first hour
Criminal matters are won and lost on timing. Statements given without counsel, notices answered too late, and bail applications filed on the wrong ground are the three things that most often turn a defensible case into a hard one.
Certified copy of the FIR, the arrest memo, the bank's lien-marking letter, the dishonour memo — whichever applies. A lawyer cannot argue from a description of a document. Photograph everything and send it on WhatsApp.
You are obliged to cooperate with an investigation. You are not obliged to sign a statement you have not read, or to explain a transaction on the spot. Ask for time and call a lawyer first.
Anticipatory bail is far easier before arrest. A cheque notice is worthless on day 31. A frozen account is easier to release in week one than in month six. Early is cheaper in every sense.
Practice areas
A deliberately narrow practice: criminal defence, cyber crime, and the bail and recovery work that sits around them. Matters outside these areas are referred on rather than taken half-heartedly.
Defence and complaint work in digital offences, for the accused and for victims.
Urgent applications to release accounts lien-marked on a cyber cell reference.
Pre-arrest protection and post-arrest release, filed the same day where needed.
Full trial representation from investigation through to judgment and appeal.
Recovery for payees and defence for drawers under Section 138.
High Court petitions where a complaint should never have become a criminal case.
Matrimonial matters handled discreetly, including the criminal side.
Court marriage, registration and related documentation.
Find your situation
Seven situations that account for most of the calls this office receives — with the legal time limit that applies and the first three steps to take.
Section 106 BNSS (formerly Section 102 CrPC) · NCRP-linked lien marking
Section 173 BNSS (FIR) · Section 35(3) BNSS notice to appear
Section 482 BNSS (formerly Section 438 CrPC)
Article 22(2) of the Constitution · Section 58 BNSS
RBI limited-liability framework · Helpline 1930 · cybercrime.gov.in
Section 138(b) Negotiable Instruments Act, 1881
Section 85 BNS (formerly 498A IPC) · Hindu Marriage Act · DV Act, 2005
Statutory time limits
These are not office policies — they are limits fixed by statute, and courts apply them strictly. Most clients who arrive too late arrive because nobody told them a clock was running.
| Situation | Time limit | Provision | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|---|
| Person taken into custody | 24 hours | Art. 22(2) · §58 BNSS | Must be produced before a Magistrate within 24 hours, excluding travel time. Bail should be moved at that first production. |
| Online financial fraud reported by a victim | 3 working days | RBI limited-liability circular | Report to the bank within three working days for zero liability on an unauthorised third-party transaction. Report on 1930 immediately. |
| Cheque returned unpaid | 30 days | §138(b) NI Act | Legal notice must reach the drawer within 30 days of the dishonour memo. Miss it and that cheque's cause of action is gone. |
| After the notice period expires | 15 + 30 days | §138(c) · §142 NI Act | The drawer gets 15 days to pay; the complaint must then be filed within the next 30 days. |
| Investigation incomplete, accused in custody | 60 / 90 days | §187 BNSS (§167 CrPC) | If no chargesheet is filed in time, default bail becomes an indefeasible right — but only if claimed before the chargesheet lands. |
| Notice to appear from police | As stated | §35(3) BNSS (§41A CrPC) | Appear, but with counsel. Ignoring the notice converts a summons situation into an arrest situation. |
| Account frozen on a cyber complaint | No fixed limit | §106 BNSS (§102 CrPC) | There is no automatic expiry. Release happens only when someone applies for it — the sooner the better. |
| Appeal against conviction | 30 / 60 days | Limitation Act, 1963 | Limitation runs from the date of judgment. Condonation is possible but never guaranteed. |
General information current as of 2026, following the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita and Bharatiya Sakshya Adhiniyam replacing the IPC, CrPC and Evidence Act from 1 July 2024. Time limits vary with the facts of a case and are not legal advice.
About the practice
Advocate Rajat Kadyan & Associates is a criminal defence and cyber law practice based in Civil Lines, Gurugram, appearing regularly before the Gurgaon District Court, the Punjab & Haryana High Court at Chandigarh, and the Supreme Court of India.
The practice was built around a gap that still exists in Gurugram's legal market: cyber crime is prosecuted by specialists and defended by generalists. Freezing orders, NCRP-linked complaints, digital evidence, payment-trail reconstruction and certification under Section 63 BSA are technical areas, and a defence that treats them as ordinary cheating cases tends to lose ground early.
Alongside the cyber work sits a conventional criminal practice — bail, trial defence, NDPS, PMLA and Arms Act matters — and the family law that often runs in parallel with a Section 85 BNS FIR.
The other half of the job is telling clients when not to litigate. Some matters are better compounded, settled or withdrawn than fought for four years, and you will be told which category yours falls into at the first consultation rather than after the first invoice.
More about the advocate
Enrolment
Bar Council of Punjab & Haryana — [enrolment no.]
Practising since
[year] — Gurugram
How a matter runs
A deliberate sequence, because criminal work rewards order and punishes improvisation.
Describe what happened in ordinary language. No legal vocabulary needed. If it is genuinely urgent — an arrest in progress, a hearing tomorrow morning, an account frozen today — say so at the start and it is triaged immediately.
The papers are read, the provisions checked, and you are told what is realistically achievable on your timeline. Including, where that is the honest answer, that the case is weak or that a settlement serves you better than a trial.
What will be filed, in which forum, on which ground, and what it costs. Agreed before any drafting starts, so there is no discussion about money in the middle of a hearing week.
Applications are drafted and filed, and appearances are made by the advocate you spoke to — not passed down to a junior you have never met. You are told the outcome of each date the same day.
Bail conditions complied with, orders collected, accounts actually credited, files closed properly. The matter is finished when your problem is finished, not when the order is passed.
Where we appear
Cyber matters rarely stay in one district — the complaint, the bank and the accused are often in three different states. Appearances follow the case.
District & Sessions Court, Gurugram · Punjab & Haryana High Court, Chandigarh · Supreme Court of India · Patiala House and Tis Hazari Courts, Delhi · Family and consumer courts in Gurugram.
Gurugram, Faridabad, Panchkula, Ambala, Hisar, Rohtak, Karnal, Sonipat, Panipat, Rewari, Jhajjar, Mahendragarh, Nuh, Palwal, Yamunanagar, Kurukshetra, Kaithal, Jind, Fatehabad, Sirsa, Bhiwani and Charkhi Dadri.
Consultations by phone and video, documents by WhatsApp or email, and appearance on your behalf where personal presence is not legally required. A significant share of cyber matters is handled without the client travelling.
Gurugram localities served
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Before you call
Yes. The first conversation — on the phone, on WhatsApp or at the Civil Lines chamber — costs nothing and carries no obligation. You will get a read on your position and an indication of cost before any engagement is discussed.
Where the papers are available and the facts are clear, an application under Section 482 BNSS can usually be drafted and filed on the same working day before the Sessions Court at Gurugram. Weekend and holiday emergencies are handled through the duty magistrate arrangement.
It depends on the disputed amount and how many complaints are linked to the account. A single complaint with a cooperative investigating officer can resolve in weeks; multiple complaints across states take considerably longer, and partial release is usually the realistic objective.
Report on 1930 or at cybercrime.gov.in immediately and inform your bank in writing the same day. Under the RBI's limited-liability framework, reporting within three working days generally means zero liability; delay shifts the loss onto you.
No, and neither can anyone else. What you can reasonably expect from counsel is an honest assessment of your prospects, competent preparation and appearance on every date. Treat a guaranteed result as a reason to walk away.
Yes. Consultations by phone and video, documents by WhatsApp or email, and appearance on your behalf where personal presence is not legally required. Cyber complaints are often registered in a district the client has never visited.
Call for a free, no-obligation consultation, available twenty-four hours a day, seven days a week.