SIFARISH KHAN vs THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT

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$~8 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 25.03.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 140/2025 & CRL.M.A. 907/2025 SIFARISH KHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Bibek Tripathi and Mr. Ajay Kr. Shrivastav, Advocates versus THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Richa Dhawan, APP with SI Rajender, P.S. Kotla Mubarakpur CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The petitioner seeks to be released on bail in case FIR No. 346/2024 of P.S. Kotla Mubarakpur for offences under Sections 319(2)/318(4)/61(2) of BNS. 2. Broadly speaking, prosecution case is as follows. On 05.10.2024, a complaint was lodged before the local police by one Shri Ravinder Sharma, alleging that on suggestion of his friend Sanjay to the effect that from Nepal, gold at rates 30% cheaper can be purchased, in order to do so on 03.10.2024 accompanied with his nephew Aman, carrying cash Rs.11,00,000/- he went to South Extension Metro Station Gate No. 3, where on directions of Sanjay, he met one Deepak, who led them to office in J-Block South Extension Part I. There he handed over Rs. 11,00,000/- to Deepak and the latter handed BAIL APPLN. 140/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:25.03.2025 19:00:21 over gold in a bag, offering to deliver the bag in the car of the complainant. Thereafter, complainant, Deepak and Aman started walking towards the car. In the meanwhile, on a Pulsar motorbike two persons came, who were wearing police shoes and khaki pants and one of them who was carrying a “pistol-like instrument” snatched the gold bag and asked them about the same. Seeing this, Deepak and Aman fled away and the persons on motorbike started following them. Subsequently, those motorcycle-borne snatchers fled away. The incident occurred o