MANJEET KARKETTA vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 21.04.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 275/2025 MANJEET KARKETTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sundeshwar Lal, Advocate versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with ACP Mukesh Kumar and Inspector Lakhmi Chand, PS Paschim Vihar West CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. This matter has come up before me for the first time. To say the least, investigation in this case shocks conscience of this court. The murder occurred in the year 2018. The manner in which the murder was committed was gruesome. The dead body was identified to be of one Soni @ Chhoti. After arrest of the accused/applicant, Soni @ Chhoti was found alive. The dead body remains unidentified till date. The accused/applicant was arrested and the chargesheet was filed in the year 2018 itself, after which, as many as four supplementary chargesheets have already been filed. Not just the investigator, it is also the senior police officers who are supposed to supervise investigation seem to have not been diligent. Bail Application No. 275/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.04.21 18:26:55 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:21.04.2025 19:00:48 2. The accused/applicant, suffering incarceration since 17.05.2018 in case FIR No. 142/2018 of PS Mianwali Nagar for offence under Section 302/201/34 IPC seeks to be released on regular bail. 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant contends that this is a fit case to grant bail as the accused/applicant is in jail since the year 2018 but till date, nobody knows for killing whom. 4. Learned prosecutor submits that there is evidence of “last seen” to connect the