NEERAJ YADAV vs THE STATE GOVT OF NCT DELHI

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 04.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2115/2025 & CRL.M.A. 17293/2025 NEERAJ YADAV .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Zeeshan Diwan and Mr. Harsh, Advocates. versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with IO/Inspector Adith Lily. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant, having surrendered himself on 21.08.2020 is in incarceration and seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 99/2020 of PS Palam Village for offence under Section 365/34 IPC. Subsequent to filing of chargesheet, the learned trial court framed charge for offence under Section 302/201/34 IPC against the accused/applicant and others. 2. On behalf of State, status report was filed opposing the bail. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned prosecutor, assisted by Investigating Officer/Inspector Adith Lily. 3. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is that with the help of his parents, he killed his wife by strangulation and got the BAIL APPLN. 2115/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Signature Not Verified GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA 2025.08.04 14:01:17 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:04.08.2025 17:12:39 dead body dumped in drainage with the help of three persons namely his uncle Inder Dev, co-worker Nitesh and maternal uncle Pappu Yadav. As regards the discovery of dead body, admittedly the same was not at the instance of the accused/applicant. 4. On behalf of accused/applicant, it is submitted by learned counsel that all remaining accused persons, namely parents of the accused/applicant as well as those three persons, who allegedly dumped the dead body into drainage have already been granted bail. Lear