SIDDHARTH GUPTA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on: 21st March, 2025 + BAIL APPLN.4717/2024 SIDDHARTH GUPTA S/o Late Sh. Ashwani Gupta, R/o A-109, Mohan Garden, Uttam Nagar, Delhi. ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Sunil Dalal, Sr. Advocate along with Mr. Anil Sharma, Mr. Aman Bhardwaj, Mr. Arpit Sharma, Mr. Nikhil Beniwal, Ms. Shipra Bali and Ms. Riya Rana, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) Through SHO, PS Mohan Garden, New Delhi. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Bhandari, ASC with Mr. Arjit Sharma and Mr. Nikunj Bindal, Advocates for the State with SI Rakesh Kumar, Spl.Staff/Dwarka. Mr. Akshay Chowdhary, Ms. Sonali Madaan and Mr. Shivam Sharma, Advocates for the Complainant. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA JUDGMENT Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN.4717/2024 Page 1 of 9 By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:24.03.2025 11:25:40 NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Bail Application under Section 482 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’ hereinafter) has been filed on behalf of the Applicant-Siddharth Gupta seeking Anticipatory Bail in FIR No.461/2024 registered under Section 318(4) BNSS at Police Station Mohan Garden, Delhi. 2. The Applicant had filed an Anticipatory Bail Application before the learned ASJ/Special Judge (NDPS), Delhi, which was dismissed vide Order dated 16.12.2024 and hence, this Petition has been filed in this Court. 3. Brief facts as asserted by the Applicant, are that he had purchased property No.A-12, Mohan Garden, New Delhi in the year 2011 by virtue of a registered Sale Deed executed in his favour by the erstwhile owner and he is in possession of the subject property since then. The Complainant Dr. Ankita, who is the real sister of the Applicant, crafted allegations that property N