RAJINDER vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~ * 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 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