India, June 13 -- A Delhi sessions court that dismissed the bail plea of an accused arrested in an alleged honey-trap and cyber fraud case involving a Haryana judicial officer has said the "pattern of financial transactions correlating so precisely and immediately with the WhatsApp communications is consistent with the hypothesis of a honey trap."

The case has come under sharp judicial scrutiny with the sessions court expressing anguish over the conduct of accused Deepak Vats, victim judicial officer Harshali Chowdhary and Delhi Police investigating officer sub-inspector Ajit Dadarwal.

'Civil servants, businessmen got involved in honey traps'

Dismissing the bail plea of Vats on June 9, additional sessions judge (ASJ) Saurabh Partap Sin...