VINOD @ BINNU vs THE STATE GNCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.04.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 920/2025 VINOD @ BINNU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B.M. Shukla, Advocate versus THE STATE GNCT OF DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP for the State with Inspr. M.S. Kamal, SHO and Inspr. Sri Bhagwan, PS Rajouri Garden, Delhi CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks bail in case FIR No. 03/2022 of Police Station Rajouri Garden, Delhi for offence under Sections 302/34 IPC. 2. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant as well as learned prosecutor. 3. Broadly speaking, the case set up by prosecution is based on circumstantial evidence, in the form of evidence of last seen and recovery of weapon of offence at the instance of accused/applicant from dickey of BAIL APPLN. 920/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.04.09 18:03:15 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:09.04.2025 18:46:59 scooter of father of the accused/applicant. The FIR was registered on the basis of recovery of a dead body about which an unknown person had informed the local police over phone. In the course of investigation, two witnesses namely Vicky and Varun informed the investigating officer that on 31.12.2021, they were working at Subhash Nagar where the deceased Chandan came during lunch time and started the whitewash work with them; that at about 08:00pm., all three of them left that working place and the deceased had an urge for smoke (beedi); that since the Covid lockdown was in operation, all three of them reached at a jhuggi near Surya Grand Hotel at 12:30am, where the accused Santosh and Vinod @ Binnu (applicant herein) were present; that ther