PJ vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on : 07.11.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2818/2025 & CRL.M.A. 21897/2025, CRL.M.A. 27922/2025, CRL.M.A. 27923/2025, CRL.M.A. 29870/2025, CRL.M.A. 29871/2025, CRL.M.A. 29888/2025, CRL.M.A. 29889/2025 PJ .....Petitioner versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR. .....Respondents Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Petitioner : Mr. Jitendra Kumar Jha and Mr. Bhagwan Jha, Advocates. For the Respondents : Mr. Sunil Kumarz Gautam, APP for the State with ACP Ranbir Singh DIU/SD and SI Annu, PS Neb Sarai. Mr. Vikas Pahwa and Mr. Madhav Khurana, Senior Advocates with Ms. Aarushi Singh, Ms. Natasha Garg, Ms. Riya Parihar, Mr. Anubhav Dubey, Mr. Jasmeet S. Chadha, Mr. Thakur Ankit Singh and Ms. Somya Dhawan, Advocates for R2 CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU Signing Date:07.11.2025 BAIL APPLN. 2818/2025 Page 1 of 28 19:53:12 1. The present application is filed challenging the order dated 16.07.2025 (hereafter ‘impugned order’) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), Saket Courts, New Delhi in the case arising out of FIR No. 278/2025 (‘FIR’) dated 25.06.2025 registered at Police Station Neb Sarai for offences under Sections 376/506/323/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (‘IPC’), whereby Respondent No.2 was granted pre-arrest bail. 2. Briefly stated, the FIR was registered on a complaint given by the prosecutrix/ applicant. The prosecutrix is a practicing advocate and claims to have come in contact with Respondent No. 2 who is also an advocate about 5 years ago through her friend namely Ashish. Respondent No. 2 is stated to be Ashish’s uncle. It is alleged that thereafter, Respondent No. 2 procured the number of the prosecutrix and started talking to th