SUPRIYA SHAHI @ MANJU vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 19.02.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 546/2025 & CRL.M.A. 3961/2025 SUPRIYA SHAHI @ MANJU .....Petitioner Through: Mohd. Aslam Qureshi, Adv. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Laksh Khanna, APP for the State SI Manish with ASI Rajesh PS Paharganj. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA ORDER MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J (ORAL): 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) seeking regular bail to the Petitioner in FIR No. 646/2024 registered at Police Station (P.S) of Pahar Ganj under Section 308(2)/127(2)3/5 of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS’). 1.1. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the status report is that the FIR was registered on basis the complaint by one Sanjay Sharma, who stated that on 08.11.2024, after alighting from a train at New Delhi Railway Station, he checked-in at New Karan Hotel, Pahar Ganj after paying Rs. 600/- for a room to the Applicant/Juned, who was the Manager in the said hotel. 1.2. It is stated after checking into the room no. 104, the complainant was Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 546/2025 Page 1 of 8 By:RASHMI DABAS Signing Date:20.02.2025 22:10:28 approached by co-accused Juned with a girl namely Supriya [Applicant] on the pretext of room service and thereafter co-accused Juned left from the room. It is stated after a while the girl (Supriya) started threatening the complainant for money otherwise she will falsely trap him in a false rape and molestation case. It is stated that later the girl i.e. Supriya had also called the co-accused Juned in order to extort money from the complainant. It is stated by the complainant that in such threat and coercion