SARNAM VERMA ALIAS SURAJ vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Decided on: 22.09.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2164/2025 SARNAM VERMA ALIAS SURAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Akshat Maheshwari, Mr. Prabhash, Mr. Suchit Kohli, Mr. Kulanand & Mr. Dishant Yadav, Advocates versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tarang Srivastav, APP with Inspector Kishore Kumar, PS Vasant Kunj North CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT(ORAL) 1. This is an application filed on behalf of the applicant for the grant of regular bail in case FIR no. 528/2018 under Section 302 of IPC, registered at Police Station Vasant Kunj. 2. On 10.10.2018, a PCR call was received at PS Vasant Kunj North regarding theft and assault at H.No. C-2/8-9, Kishangarh, New Delhi. On reaching the spot, the police team found three persons, Mithlesh (father), Siya (mother), and Neha (daughter), lying dead with multiple stab injuries, and the house in a ransacked condition though no signs of forcible entry were found. Crime team and FSL officials inspected the scene of crime, lifted bloodstained articles, recovered a BAIL APPLN. 2164/2025 Page 1 of 7 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:24.09.2025 10:45:09 knife, mobile phones, and other exhibits, and sent the bodies to Safdarjung Hospital where they were declared “brought dead” with multiple stab injuries noted in MLCs. 3. During enquiry, the surviving son Suraj @ Sarnam was interrogated as his conduct was suspicious. Upon sustained questioning, he confessed to murdering his father, mother, and sister with a knife purchased a day earlier from Mehrauli, due to longstanding family disputes and resentment. He disclosed the manner of commission, recovery of the weapon, scissor, and wiper used to wipe blood. The shopkeeper iden