SAWAN DABAS vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 18th December, 2025 Pronounced on: 22nd December, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3206/2025 SAWAN DABAS S/o Jitender R/o H.No.26B, Sultanpur Dabas, Delhi. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Adarsh Priyadarshi, Mr. Amit Dwivedi and Mr. Apoorv Shankar, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI Through SHO PS Bawana. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. First Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) has been filed on behalf of the Applicant/Petitioner Sawan Dabas seeking Regular Bail in case FIR No.841/2022 under Section 365/302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”), registered at Police Station Bawana. 2. The brief facts of the case are that on 23.09.2022, Shri Niwas, father of the deceased, lodged a missing Complaint in regard to his missing daughter which was registered vide DD No.152A, at P.S. Bawana. Upon Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ANIL KUMAR BHATT Signing Date:22.12.2025 BAIL APPLN. 3206/2025 Page 1 of 9 19:31:20 examination of the CCTV footage from the vicinity, it was revealed that the deceased was last seen going alone carrying a red coloured bag and a red coloured plastic bag. After two months of the information, on 19.11.2022 the father of the deceased submitted an Application to the SHO, P.S. Bawana alleging that his daughter had been missing since about 04:30 P.M. on 20.09.2022 and has been allegedly kidnapped by the Applicant. The father also stated that on 28.09.2022, he found a photograph of the Applicant along with his phone number in the books of the deceased and that the Applicant was also mi