JARNAIL SINGH vs STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI)

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 11th July, 2025 Pronounced on: 28th July, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1951/2025, CRL.M.A. 15761/2025 & CRL.M.A. 15763/2025 JARNAIL SINGH S/o Late Darshan Singh, R/o Prime English Academy, Amritsar Road, Opposite Shalimar Bagh, Mohalla Sheranwala, Police Line, Kapurthala, Punjab 144601 EMAIL: [email protected] .....Petitioner Through: Appearance not given. versus STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) Through its SHO, PS Chanakyapuri, New Delhi Email: [email protected] .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with SI Manoj Kumar P.S. Chankyapuri. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Bail Application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (BNSS), 2023 [corresponding to Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.)] has been filed on behalf of the Applicant, Jarnail Singh seeking Anticipatory Bail in FIR No. 02/2025 dated 02.01.2025 under Sections 318(4)/336(3)/340(2)/61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS), 2023 [corresponding to Sections Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ANIL BAIL APPLN. 1951/2025 Page 1 of 9 KUMAR BHATT Signing Date:28.07.2025 17:38:27 420/468/471/120B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC)] registered at P.S. Chanakyapuri. 2. The Applicant/Jarnail Singh, 43 years old, is a law-abiding citizen of India with no previous criminal antecedents. He is the sole proprietor of a duly licensed IELTS Coaching Centre, Travel Agency, and Consultancy operating in Kapurthala, Punjab. 3. It is submitted that as per the FIR, the main accused, Mandeep Singh, was enrolled as a student in the Applicant’s coaching Institute on 01.09.2024. The total course fee was Rs. 98,000/-, which included form filli