REHAN @ GAONWALA vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 08.10.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2299/2025 REHAN @ GAONWALA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vineet Jain, Adv. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP with SI Narender Singh, PS Chandni Mahal. Mr. Amit Chadha, Sr. Adv., Mr. Atul Kumar Sharma, Mr. Mohd. Qasim, Mr. Aditya Raj, Mr. Nitin Kumar, Mr. Ankit Yadav, Mr. Haryas Singh, Mr. Dhruv Tomar, Mr. Kartik Shoukeen, Advs. for complainant CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. This is an application filed on behalf of applicant Rehan @ Gaonwala, seeking regular bail in case FIR no. 429/2023 registered under sections 307/385/506/120-B/34 IPC at PS Chandni Mahal. Factual Matrix: BAIL APPLN. 2299/2025 Page 1 of 10 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:08.10.2025 15:15:30 2. On 05.11.2023, a quarrel broke out at H.No. 1196, Rakabganj, Chandni Mahal, Delhi, between the complainant Mohd. Tahir, his nephew Anas and family, and their neighbours Mohd. Rehan, Irfan, Noman, and associates including Gayasuddin. The dispute arose from prior enmity, extortion demands of ₹5 lakhs, and earlier criminal cases registered by Tahir against them. In the attack, Tahir was beaten with fists and a bat while his nephew Anas suffered multiple grievous head injuries caused by repeated blows with a wooden bat. Later, at LNJP Hospital, Rehan and his associates again attacked Anas with a surgical blade. Weapons, bloodstained clothes, and CCTV footage were seized during investigation, Gayasuddin confessed to acting at the behest of the three brothers, and the aforesaid FIR under Sections 307/385/506/120-B/34 IPC was registered. 3. Applicant Rehan @ Gaonwala is stated to identified as the principal assailant w