ANKUSH KUMAR MAHATO vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on 20.11.2025 Judgment Delivered on 03.12.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3641/2025 ANKUSH KUMAR MAHATO .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sonia Mathur, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Nachiketa Vajpayee, Mr. Pawan Kumar Dabas, Mr. Nikhil Chandra Jaiswal, Ms. Shubhi Bhardwaj, Ms. Manasi Sridhar, Ms. Safeena Khan and Ms. Vanshika Mudgil, Advs. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for State with SI Sweety Malik PS Paharganj. Mr. Aagam Jain and Mr. Bal Kishan, Advs. for R-2. With R-2 in person. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J CRL.M.A. 28530/2025 (exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. Application stands disposed of. BAIL APPLN. 3641/2025 3. The present petition has been filed seeking grant of anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No. 498/2025 under Sections Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3641/2025 Page 1 of 7 Digitally Signed By:DEEPAK SINGH Signing Date:03.12.2025 21:07:54 64(1)/123/89/69/351(2) of BNS, registered at PS Paharganj, District Central, Delhi. 4. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the FIR is that the complainant met the petitioner/accused (hereinafter referred to as “petitioner”) on a dating app namely, “OK Cupid” on 08.08.2021. They shared their information and eventually started talking on Snapchat. Thereafter, on 17.10.2021, they met in Hotel Toronto where the petitioner allegedly made the complainant consume a spiked drink of vodka. The complainant, as per the FIR states that she fell unconscious and when she woke up, she was naked and found out that the petitioner had committed rape on her. 5. It is further stated in the FIR that the petitioner and the complainant continued meeting even thereafter and