ARPIT MISHRA vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 8th July, 2025 Pronounced on:17th July, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1761/2025 & CRL.M.A. 14237/2025 STAY ARPIT MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Maninder Singh, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Ajay k. Pipaniya, Mr. Turang Pandit, Mr. Harsh Tomar, Ms. Sanjana Nair, Ms. Janvi Narang and Ms. Anurupita Kaur, Adv. versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Ms. Shubhi Gupta, APP for the State with W/SI Kanika Jain, P.S.Bharat Nagar. Complainant is present through V/C. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. This is a petition under Section 482 Cr. PC read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 ["BNSS"] for Bail Appln. 1761/2025 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:17.07.2025 19:06:22 grant of anticipatory bail filed on behalf of the petitioner in Case FIR No. 83/2025, registered at PS Bharat Nagar, under Section 351(2), 79, and 3(5) of BNS, 2023. 2. As per the FIR registered on 19.02.2025, based on a verbal complaint by the prosecutrix, it is alleged that on the night of 16.02.2025, she received multiple abusive and threatening phone calls from an unknown number, allegedly made by the petitioner using her brother’s phone. The following morning, i.e., on 17.02.2025 at around 6:00 AM, while the complainant was on a morning walk near the DFM Depot roundabout, she was allegedly pushed and threatened by two persons, later identified as the petitioner and a co-accused. It was further alleged that the accused warned her that her brother’s office would not be allowed to function. Accordingly, the FIR was registered under Sections 351(2), 79, and 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 3. The status report dat