KARAMVEER RATHI vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: April 17, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 559/2026 KARAMVEER RATHI .....Applicant Through: Mr. Tanveer Ahmed Mir, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Daksh Sachdeva, Advocates Versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondents Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP for the State with Mr. Gaurav Singh, Ms. Upasna Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates alongwith SI Gunjan Sirohi, PS Rajouri Garden Mr. Anuj Kapoor, Mr. Shivam Sethi and Mr. Nandeesh Nanda, Advocates for complainant CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE J U D G M E N T (Oral) 1. By virtue of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in proceedings arising out of FIR No.580/2025 dated 11.11.2025 registered at PS: Rajouri Garden under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC) and Sections 69/351(3) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). 2. As per FIR, the complainant/ prosecutrix came in contact with the applicant in the year 2022 which led to their friendship. They, thereafter, entered into a live-in relationship, and were residing together in a flat in BAIL APPLN. 559/2026 Page 1 of 8 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:22.04.2026 03:04:55 Subhash Nagar and the applicant promised to marry the prosecutrix and on that assurance, established physical relations with her without her consent by coercing her and insisting that they are about to get married anyway. To assure the prosecutrix further, the applicant also made her meet his younger sister and brothers and some other relatives. They also travelled together to Dubai (U.A.E.), Goa and Kashmir. The applicant continued to reassure the prosecutrix of his intention to marry her and established phy