NIKHIL JAIN vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 22.09.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 24.09.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1516/2025 NIKHIL JAIN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sanjay Dewan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Vivek Kumar Choudhary and Mr. Rohit Arora, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with SI Prashant Kumar, PS Prashant Vihar. Mr. Vijay Kasana, Advocate for complainant de facto. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 477/2023 of Police Station Prashant Vihar for offences under Sections 420/467/468/471/120B/34 IPC. I have heard learned Senior Counsel for accused/applicant and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for State as well as learned Counsel for complainant de facto. BAIL APPLN.1516/2025 Page 1 of 17 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435 f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee604 Signature Not Verified 02c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.09.24 14:35:01 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:24.09.2025 16:17:26 1.1 This is fifth anticipatory bail application of the accused/applicant in the subject FIR. Two anticipatory bail applications were dismissed by the learned Court of Sessions. Thereafter, next two anticipatory bail applications filed by the accused/applicant before this court were dismissed vide orders dated 14.02.2024 and 02.05.2024. The Special Leave Petitions bearing no. SLP Criminal 7766-7767/2024, assailing dismissal of those two anticipatory bail applications al