KANAHAIYA JHA vs STATE GOVT OF NCT NEW DELHI

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$~59 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1382/2026 & CRL.M.A. 10878/2026 KANAHAIYA JHA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R. D. Singh, Advocate (through videoconferencing). versus STATE GOVT OF NCT NEW DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP for State with SI Gopal Saini, PS Burari. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks interim bail for 8 weeks in case FIR No. 840/2025 of PS Burari for offence under Section 309(4)/309(6)/311/317(2)/ 238(b)/3(5) BNS. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is of mobile phone snatching. The interim bail is sought by the accused/applicant on the ground that his wife is pregnant for more than eight months and both BAIL APPLN. 1382/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 Signature Not Verified 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155 70996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26 fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally Signed Date: 2026.04.09 05:15:03 -07'00' By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:09.04.2026 17:23:24 the accused/applicant and his wife are HIV+. 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that the expected delivery date was 02.04.2026 but today itself he came to know that now wife of the accused/applicant has to get herself admitted in the hospital for delivery on 10.04.2026. 4. Learned APP assisted by IO/SI Gopal Saini, fairly submits that keeping in mind the above circumstances, the accused/applicant can be granted bail but he must be warned not to try to contact any of the prosecution witnesses. 5. Consider