KAILASH CHAND @ BOBBY vs STATE THR. N.C.T. OF DELHI

* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 23rd April, 2026 IN THE MATTER OF: CRL.A. 744/2003 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 646/2026 KAILASH CHAND @ BOBBY .....Appellant Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, Adv. alongwith Appellant-in-person. versus STATE THR. N.C.T. OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Mukesh Kumar, APP for the State with SI Pinki Yadav, PS Dabri. SI Sahil, PS Prasad Nagar. SI Sandeep Tomar, PS Harsh Vihar. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIMAL KUMAR YADAV JUDGMENT (ORAL) VIMAL KUMAR YADAV, J. 1. A TSR driver Umesh Mehto, who used to take people to their destinations as per their requirements, was taken for a ride by two persons namely Ashok @ Jony and Kailash Chand @ Bobby on 13.07.1999 at about 3:00 AM in the jurisdiction of PS Parsad Nagar. It so happened that the aforesaid two persons were coming on a two wheeler and while Umesh Mehto, after dropping a passenger, was about to move away, he was stopped by these two persons and one of them asked him to take to a nearby place in the vicinity of Rajender Place near Parsad Nagar, Karol Bagh, Delhi. It soon turned out to be a nightmarish trap for the victim Umesh Mehto. It was 2. The defence taken by the Appellant that they wer