AMAN@ PRINCE @ BHURA vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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$~103 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 10.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 2217/2023 AMAN@ PRINCE @ BHURA .....Petitioner Through: Mr.Raj Singh Phogat, Advocate versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State Ms. Tanya Agarwal and Mr. Krishna Kumar, Advocates for R-2 CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No.743/2020 of PS Bawana for offence under Section 302/201/34 IPC and 25/27 of Arms Act. 2. This bail application, pending since July 2023, is one of 179 old pending bail applications which have been now assigned to this bench. Today is the first date before this bench. Today in the first call, none appeared for the accused/applicant, so keeping in mind old pendency of this bail application, matter was passed over. Now, in this call, learned counsel BAIL APPLN. 2217/2023 Page 1 of 5 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4 5569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, Signature Not Verified KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155 70996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26 fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.10 18:09:20 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:10.02.2026 18:25:35 for accused/applicant has appeared. 3. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned prosecutor assisted by Inspector Imtiyaz Alam, who is neither the investigating officer nor the SHO concerned. 4. It is not just a case of the investigating officer and the SHO being completely insensitive to their presence and assistance to the prosecution, it is also a case of a shocking situation where