NIKHIL @ SONU vs THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 27.08.2025 Date of Decision: 09.09.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3909/2024 NIKHIL @ SONU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Saurabh Srivastava, Adv. versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for State with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. Ms. Jahanvi Worah, Adv. for Complainant + BAIL APPLN. 4209/2024 PAWAN @ BANDAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pradeep Rana, Mr. Gagan Bhatnagar, Mr. Tushar Rohmetra, Ms. Riya Rana, Ms. Narender Rana and Mr. Gaurav Vats, Advs. Ms. Tara Narula and Ms. Shivanjali Bhalerao, Advs. for the victim. versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Raghuinder Verma, APP for State with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Adv. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % Signature Not Verified Signed By:SHILPI BAIL APPLN. 3909/2024 & connected matters Page 1 of 14 Signing Date:09.09.2025 19:23:37 1. The present judgment disposes of two connected applications seeking regular bail filed by the petitioners, Pawan @ Bandar (Bail Application 4209/2024) and Nikhil @ Sonu (Bail Application 3909/2024). Both petitions arise out of FIR No. 295/2022 dated 26.02.2022 registered at Police Station Paschim Vihar West, Delhi, for offences under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 18601 and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959 in the case of Pawan @ Bandar and offences under Sections 302/212/34 of the IPC in the case of Nikhil @ Sonu. 2. The case of the prosecution, as set out in the FIR and the chargesheet, is that on 26.02.2022 at about 1:15 a.m., a call was received at Sanjay Gandhi Memorial Hospital, Mangolpuri, that one Sanjay, had been brought in an unconscious condition. Shortly thereafter, information was conveyed that the said individual had died during