ARIF vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~73 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 12, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4829/2025 & CRL.M.A. 37121/2025, CRL.M.A. 37122/2025, CRL.M.A. 37123/2025 ARIF .....Applicant Through: Mr. Aumkar Mishra and Mr. Shivansh Bhatt, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State with SI Madhuri, PS Pul Prahladpur. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application is filed seeking regular bail in FIR No. 394/2023 dated 26.11.2023, registered at Police Station Pul Prahlad Pur, for offences under Sections 394/397/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’). 2. Briefly stated, it is the case of the prosecution that on 25.11.2023, when the complainant had gone to the Ghiyasuddin Tomb with his friend–Gunjan for sightseeing, the accused persons cornered them and started threatening them with demands of phone and money. Allegedly, the accused persons forcibly snatched the complainant’s mobile by attacking with some sharp object. The incident led to registration of the subject Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU BAIL APPLN. 4829/2025 Page 1 of 5 Signing Date:12.12.2025 20:08:22 FIR, whereafter, the applicant came to be arrested on 26.11.2023 on the basis of secret information and purported disclosures of co-accused persons. 3. By order dated 01.06.2024, the applicant was admitted on bail by the learned Trial Court after considering that the applicant had spent considerable time in custody, he is young and he has no previous involvements. It was also noted that all public witnesses have been examined and there was no chance of the applicant influencing the remaining formal witnesses. 4. Subsequently, when the applicant did not appear before the learned Trial Court on 19.05.2025, N