NEERAJ KUMAR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~P-2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 02.02.2026 Pronounced on: 11.02.2026 Uploaded on: 11.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 190/2026 & CRL.M.A. 1559/2026 NEERAJ KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Dr. Alok, Ms. Smriti Walia, Mr. Dhananjay Mittal, Mr. Shivam, Ms. Aanchal Budhiraja, Mr. Mayank Deswal, Mr. Arjan Verma, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hitesh Vali, APP with Insp Sanjeev Kumar, PS: Punjabi Bagh. Mr. Dayan Krishnan, Sr. Advocate [Amicus Curiae] with Mr. Shreedhar, Mr. Sukrit Seth, Ms. Radhika Yadav and Ms. Ananya Sharma, Advocates. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of this petition, under Section 480 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], (corresponding to Section 439 of the Criminal Procedure Code 1973 [“CrPC”]), the petitioner seeks interim bail in connection with FIR No. 652/2025, registered at Police Station Punjabi Bagh, under Section 103(1) the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [“BNS”], and Sections 25/27 of the Arms Act, 1959 [“Arms Act]”. 2. The FIR relates to allegations against the applicant in respect of the murder of one Muskan, who was shot inside her residence on 15.11.2025, aft