KULDEEP SINGH vs THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16.01.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 159/2025 & CRL.M.A. 1040/2025 KULDEEP SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pramod, Mr. Ajay Kumar Yadav and Ms. Piyushi Garg, Advocates versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (ORAL) 1. The present application has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNSS’) read with Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereafter „Cr.PC‟) on behalf of the applicant, seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 176/2021, registered at Police Station Maidan Garhi, Delhi for offences punishable under Sections 302/304B/498A/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter „IPC‟). 2. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that on 17.06.2021, a 2021. He also informed that the applicant had beaten and murdered her by strangulation, and had run away from the spot. Since the unnatural death of the victim had occurred within seven