SHEKHAR vs THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 10th October, 2025 Pronounced on: 29th October, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2379/2025 SHEKHAR S/o Dharamveer R/o Village Bupania, District Jhajjar, Haryana .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Daljeet Singh Solanki, Mr. Vinod Suhag, Mr. Abhishek Yadav, Ms.Jyoti and Mr. Sanjeet Yadav, Advocates versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI Represented through Station House Officer (S.H.O.) PS Bawana, New Delhi .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for the State CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Regular Bail Application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure (hereinafter referred to as “Cr.P.C.”) read with Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) has been filed by the Applicant/Shekhar in FIR No. 487/2018 under Sections 302/120-B/34 of the Indian Penal Code (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959, registered at P.S. Bawana. Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS BAIL APPLN. 2379/2025 Page 1 of 9 ARORA Signing Date:29.10.2025 18:56:37 2. Briefly stated, on the evening of 26.12.2018 at about 07:30 PM, the victim, Manoj Kumar, resident of Bawana and known to have a criminal background, was shot dead near Bawana Chowk. The victim sustained a gunshot wound in the head and was declared “Brought Dead” at M.V. Hospital, Pooth Khurd, Delhi. A PCR call was received on 26.12.2018, and the FIR No. 487/2018 was registered under Section 302 IPC and 25/27 Arms Act at PS Bawana. 3. The initial investigation found a lot of blood, an empty cartridge (KF 7.65), and a lead (bullet) on the road and footpath. No immediate eyewitnesses or CCTV footage provided a clue. The victim was a known crimi