CHANDER SHEKHAR ALIAS CHANDU vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR.

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 235/2026 & CRL.M.A. 1941/2026 CHANDER SHEKHAR ALIAS CHANDU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Pandey, Mr. Ashutosh Bhardwaj and Mr. Anmol Goyal, Advocates versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with Inspector K.K. Mishra and Inspector Prakash, PS Malviya Nagar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 600/2021 of PS Malviya Nagar for offence under Section 302/449/201/120B/34 IPC. 2. Broadly speaking, prosecution case is that on account of his extra marital affair, the accused namely Naveen Gullaiya hired three professional assassins, one of whom is the present accused/applicant. According to prosecution, the said three hired assassins entered house of the deceased BAIL APPLN. 235/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, Signature Not Verified ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.09 05:09:42 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:09.04.2026 17:23:24 lady after opening the locks with keys, which had been provided to them by Naveen Gullaiya. The deceased lady was stabbed 22 times and she succumbed. 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is contended that the security guard of the area in his testimony as PW15 did not support the prosecution case and stated that police had taken his s