SAHIL KHATRI vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~75 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.04.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 5067/2025 & CRL.M.A. 38935/2025 SAHIL KHATRI .....Petitioner Through: None. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP for State with IO/SI Daya Ram. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 734/2025 of Police Station Narela for offence under Section 109(1)/3(5) BNS and 27 Arms Act. 1.1 This application was earlier pending before a coordinate bench of this court and has been transferred to this bench in view of judgment dated 21.01.2026 of this bench, whereby anticipatory bail was granted to co- accused Jakir Hussain. 2. None has appeared on behalf of the accused/applicant. BAIL APPLN. 5067/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 Signature Not Verified 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.04.27 05:10:56 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:27.04.2026 17:41:37 3. I have heard learned APP for State assisted by IO/SI Daya Ram. 4. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case is that there was a scuffle between two groups in which the present accused/applicant brandished a pistol on victim Arbaz and in the course of that scuffle, the present accused/applicant pulled the trigger, thereby firing a shot at point blank on right knee of Arbaz. 5. The co-accused Jakir was granted anticipatory bail on certain observations recorded from the investigation file. Those observations from the jud