BANTI KUMAR MATHUR vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 21.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2175/2025 BANTI KUMAR MATHUR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kaushal Yadav, Advocate. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with IO/Inspector Pardeep Kumar, PS Harsh Vihar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 114/2025 of PS Harsh Vihar for offence under Section 103(1)/3(5) of BNS. On service of notice, State filed status report. 2. Learned counsel for the accused/applicant seeks adjournment, but keeping in mind the issue of liberty involved and the overall circumstances of this case, I heard the learned APP for State assisted by IO/Inspector Pardeep Kumar, and examined the investigation file. 3. Broadly speaking, the prosecution allegation is that the deceased was beaten to death by accused persons including the accused/applicant. The accused/applicant was arrested on the basis of confessional statement of co- accused recorded in custody. According to the status report, on 16.01.2025 an unconscious injured man was found in an empty field in village Saboli, BAIL APPLN. 2175/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified Date: 2025.07.21 18:00:43 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:21.07.2025 18:30:52 Delhi, and on being taken to the hospital, the injured was declared as brought dead. Identity of the deceased was ascertained after circulating the photographs of the dead body in the local area, followed by publishing the same in newspapers and other modes, but no information about the identity of the deceased could be ascertained. Postmortem conducted on the deceased reflected cause of dea