RAJINDER vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 09.09.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1953/2025 RAJINDER .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Inderpreet Singh, Advocate versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The applicant Rajinder has preferred this application seeking grant of regular bail in FIR bearing no.121/2024, registered at Police Station Begumpur, Delhi for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 370(4), 120B and 34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟] and Section 81 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015 [hereafter „JJ Act‟]. 2. Brief facts of the case are that a PCR call vide DD No. 74A dated 20.02.2024 was received at P.S. Begumpur regarding alleged trafficking of children and noise of weeping from a neighbour‟s house. On the statement of the complainant, Laxmi Mehta, the BAIL APPLN. 1953/2025 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:09.09.2025 18:40:45 present FIR was registered. The complainant stated that in the opposite house, two women, a man and two children were residing, and that she had often seen them with different newborn babies of about 20–25 days, despite none of the women being pregnant, which aroused suspicion. On 20.02.2024 she heard the cries of a child and also overheard a girl talking on the phone mentioning “5.80 or 4.80,” while the child continued crying. She, along with the landlord and neighbours, went upstairs to enquire, where the women gave evasive replies. Thereafter, she called the police, who upon arrival questioned the women, who disclosed their names as Priya and Devki, and further reve