NITIN KAUSHIK vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 02.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 2786/2025 & CRL.M.A. 21726/2025 NITIN KAUSHIK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashish Kumar and Mr. Narender Singh, Advocates. versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with SI Deepak, PS DIU. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 306/2024 of Police Station Shahbad Dairy, Delhi for offence under Section 419/420/467/468/471/120B/34 IPC. 1.1 This bail application came up for the first hearing on 28.07.2025 before the predecessor bench and thereafter continued getting adjourned before different benches. Along with 179 such old pending bail applications, this application also was transferred to this bench. BAIL APPLN. 2786/2025 Page 1 of 5 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH Signature Not Verified COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.02 18:01:15 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:02.04.2026 18:08:56 1.2 Today is the first hearing before me. 2. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for State assisted by IO/SI Deepak. 3. Broadly speaking, prosecution case is as follows. The complainant de facto Smt. Anjali Jain lodged a complaint alleging that she came to know from a local property dealer that someone had forged title documents of her immovable property and was trying to sell away the same. The complainant de facto further alleged that she saw the