JAYANT VATS vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 17.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 422/2026 JAYANT VATS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sandeep Sharma, Senior Advocate with Mr. Kuldeep Choudhary and Mr. Amit Choudhary, Advocates versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with SI Anita along with prosecutrix in person. Counsel for the prosecutrix (appearance not given) CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (Oral) 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 01/2026, registered at Police Station Keshav Puram, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Section 376 the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter ‘IPC’) and Section 69 of the of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 422/2026 Page 1 of 9 Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:18.02.2026 20:12:50 (hereafter ‘BNS’). Factual Background 2. The brief facts of the case, as emerging from the status report, are that on 03.01.2026, a complaint was received at P.S. Keshav Puram from the prosecutrix Ms. S, aged 27 years, alleging sexual exploitation and deceit on the pretext of a false promise of marriage by the applicant herein. It was alleged that the prosecutrix had known the applicant and his family since the year 2018. It was further alleged that the applicant had established physical relations with the prosecutrix on multiple occasions on the assurance of marriage. According to the prosecutrix, the applicant had subsequently refused to marry her on the ground that their birth-charts (kundalis) did not match, claiming that he and his family held strong beliefs in astrology. The prosecutrix alleged th