KASHINATH MALIK vs STATE, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 27.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 560/2026 KASHINATH MALIK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ashok Kumar Panigrahi, Advocate versus STATE, GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with Investigating Officer/SI Narender Singh, PS Ambedkar Nagar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 243/2024 of PS C.R. Park for offence under Section 306/3(5) of BNS. 2. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for State assisted by Investigating Officer/SI Narender Singh. 3. Broadly speaking, according to prosecution case, the accused/applicant conspired with other co-accused persons in order to commit theft in the house of the complainant de facto. One of the co- BAIL APPLN. 560/2026 Page 1 of 4 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d 435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee Signature Not Verified 60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.27 17:00:15 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:27.02.2026 17:15:20 accused persons namely Sanjay Malik joined the house of the complainant de facto as cook/domestic help and thereafter all accused persons committed theft of a number of articles and cash from that house. Further according to prosecution, CCTV installed outside the house of the complainant de facto captured the accused persons walking across the road, each of them carrying a bag. 4. Learned counsel for accused/applicant contends that the accused/applica