SURAJ KANOJIA vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 25.06.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1713/2025 SURAJ KANOJIA .... Applicant versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case For the Applicant : Mr. Mohit Mathur, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Harsh Gautam and Mr. Keshav Pratap Singh, Advocates. For the Respondent : Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP for the State with SI Rahul Rathi PS: Sangam Vihar, New Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA JUDGMENT TEJAS KARIA, J INTRODUCTION: 1. The present application has been filed by the Petitioner/Applicant under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) [earlier Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘CrPC’)] read with Sections 187(3)/528/529 of the BNSS [earlier Sections Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 1713/2025 Page 1 of 17 Signed By:NEELAM SHARMA Signing Date:25.06.2025 15:59:52 167(2)/482/483 of the CrPC] seeking Regular Bail in the FIR No. 512/2024 registered at Police Station – Sangam Vihar, New Delhi (‘FIR’) under Sections 109(1)/331(6)/326(g)/3(5)/324(6) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNS’) and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959. FACTUAL BACKGROUND: 2. It is alleged by the Complainant in the instant FIR that on 25.10.2024 around midnight, someone hit the gate of his house with force. When he saw outside the window, he noticed that it was the Applicant along with three other co-accused persons, who were throwing stones at the main gate of his house while also hurtling abuses. 3. It is alleged that the Applicant also had a firearm in his hand and fired a bullet at the gate of the house. Thereafter, the main door of the house opened and the Applicant turned the said firearm towards the Complainant and fired a bullet. It is further allege