HIMANSHU GUPTA vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

$~85 & 86 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 25.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 765/2026 HIMANSHU GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajay Paul, Ms. Geetu Paul, Mr. Dayanand Sharma and Mr. Kamlesh Chandra Tripathi, Advocates versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State Ms. Neha Singh, Ms. Aastha Chaturvedi and Rahul Vats, Advocates for victim. Mr. Satender Dabas, Executive Engineer, Delhi Jal Board. (86) + BAIL APPLN. 766/2026 KAVISH GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajay Paul, Ms. Geetu Paul, Mr. Dayanand Sharma and Mr. Kamlesh Chandra Tripathi, Advocates. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State 1. By way of these applications, the applicants seek grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 35/2026, registered at Police Station Janakpuri, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 105/238(b)/9(2)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [hereafter „BNS‟]. Factual Background 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that the FIR in question was registered on receipt of a PCR call on 06.02.2026, infor