RAVI KANT BHARTI vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~J-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 26.11.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3609/2025 RAVI KANT BHARTI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ravinder Kumar, Mr. Sharvan, Ms Pooja Singh, Mr. Sahabuddin, Ms. Saloni Uppal & Mr. Simranjeets Kaur, Advs. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tarang Srivastava, APP for State with W/SI Monu Kumari P S Dabri. Ms. Sanjana Gupta, DHCLSC for prosecutrix. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN JUDGMENT VIKAS MAHAJAN, J 1. The present petition has been filed seeking grant of regular bail in connection with FIR No. 364/2025 under Section 376 of IPC registered at PS Dabri, District Dwarka, Delhi. 2. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the FIR is that the complainant met the petitioner/accused on a matrimonial website jeevansathi.com sometime in May 2023. They shared their information through the matrimonial portal and decided to get married. The petitioner Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3609/2025 Page 1 of 7 Digitally Signed By:DEEPAK SINGH Signing Date:26.11.2025 04:29:24 had promised to marry the victim. On the day of victim’s friend’s marriage, the petitioner and the victim stayed at a nearby hotel named Hotel Pingla Residency, Vijay Enclave, Delhi where the petitioner tried to have physical relations with the victim. The victim initially denied stating that they should wait until marriage. However, the petitioner insisted, saying that he will marry only the victim, that’s why there is no harm in all these things, and thus, had physical relations with her. 3. On 26.07.2024, the victim and the petitioner had a fight, the reason of which was the petitioner’s refusal to marry the victim. When the victim asked the reason for refusal, the petitioner