BRIJESH KUMAR vs STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) AND ANR

$~46 & 47 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 16th February, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1781/2025 BRIJESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Lokesh Kumar Mishra, Mr. Abhishek Kaushik, Mr. Devansh Seghal, Mr. Haider Khan and Ms. Shreya Thakur, Advocates. versus STATE (GNCT OF DELHI) AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with ACP Kishor Kumar and SI Beena. Mr. Manas Rao, Mr. Aman Preet Singh and Mr. Kanwal Nain Singh, Advocates. CRL.M.C. 5340/2025 & CRL.M.A. 23014/2025 XXXXXXX .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manas Rao, Mr. Aman Preet Singh and Mr. Kanwal Nain Singh, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI AND ANR .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with ACP Kishor Kumar and SI Beena. 1. These are two connected petitions. 2. BAIL APPLN. 1781/2025 has been filed by applicant-Brijesh Kumar whereby he seeks anticipatory bail in FIR No.529/2024 dated 24.11.2024 under Section 376 IPC and Section 3(2)(v) of Scheduled Caste and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Act, 1989, (SC/ST Act), registered at P.S. Dwarka North, Delhi. 3. When the abovesaid application was taken up by the