DEVYANI KUNDRA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on 13th October, 2025. Pronounced on: 28th October, 2025. + BAIL APPLN. 2740/2025 & CRL.M.A. 21369/2025 DEVYANI KUNDRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manish Kumar, Mr. Shrikant Sharma and Dr. Prium Verma, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP with Inspector Muneesh Kr., P.S. Ambedkar Nagar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J.: 1. This application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 20231 (erstwhile section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19732) seeks regular bail in FIR No. 154/2022, registered at P.S. Ambedkar Nagar for the offence under Section 302 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860.3 2. The essential facts, as they emerge from the record, are as follows: 2.1. On 19th February, 2022, DD No. 78A was recorded at P.S. Ambedkar Nagar on the basis of a call received from a lady, reporting a telephonic intimation from her brother that their sister (Sudha Rani) had died under suspicious circumstances, possibly involving two boys. The caller was uncertain whether it was a case of quarrel or a murder. Upon receiving this 1 “BNSS” 2 “Cr.P.C.” 3 “IPC” Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ANITA BAITAL BAIL APPLN. 2740/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:28.10.2025 18:08:22 information, the investigating team reached the spot and found the deceased, Sudha Rani, lying in a pool of blood in a room on the first floor of House No. H-1/171. At the spot, Devyani Kundra (daughter of the deceased), and Sanjay Pal Kumar (brother of the deceased), were present. The caller, Sushma Rani (sister of the deceased), also arrived and stated that she had been informed of the death by her brother, Sanjay. Based on this, the FIR was registere