AMIT vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 15.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1386/2025 & CRL.M.A. 10801/2025 (for stay/directions) AMIT .....Petitioner Through: None. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for the State with SI Neeraj Kumar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No.246/2024 of PS Subhash Place for offence under section 386/34 IPC. 2. None appears for the accused/applicant. 3. Learned APP accepts notice. I have heard the learned APP assisted by IO/SI Neeraj Kumar. 4. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case through the FIR registered on statement of the complainant Johnty Malhotra is as follows. On 01.04.2024 at about 08:20pm, when he was walking on the road outside his house, two BAIL APPLN. 1386/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH Signature Not Verified KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.07.15 17:44:49 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:15.07.2025 18:24:42 boys came on a motorcycle and demanded Rs.50,00,000/- on behalf of alleged gangsters Kala Jatheddi and Jassu, stating that if he did not pay the money, he would be killed. As per the complainant, those motorcycle borne assailants were addressing each other by names Neeraj @ Nimbu and Sunny Mandhotiya. The accused/applicant is not named in the FIR. According to the prosecution side, it is on the basis of the disclosure statement of Neeraj that the accused/applicant was involved in the present case. According to the alleged disclosure statement, the accused/applicant was sitting on his motorcycle, parked slightly behind the spot of extortion. 5. On being called upon to disclose the evidence so far collected against the accused/applicant,