PAWAN KUMAR MISHRA vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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$~5 & 6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 17.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1725/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 972/2025 PAWAN KUMAR MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ronak Gupta, Ms. Nazia Parveen, Mr. Navjot Singh and Mr. Kunwar Samrat Solanki Advocate. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with IO/ASI Raj Kumar. + BAIL APPLN. 1782/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1016/2025 UDIT MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ronak Gupta, Ms. Nazia Parveen, Mr. Navjot Singh and Mr. Kunwar Samrat Solanki Advocate. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with IO/ASI Raj Kumar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicants seek anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 171/2025 of PS I.P. Estate for offence under Section 420/467/468/471/34 BAIL APPLNS. 1725/2025 & 1782/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, Signature Not Verified GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e Digitally Signed 26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.17 18:13:53 -08'00' By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:17.02.2026 18:33:23 IPC. The accused/applicant Pawan Kumar Mishra is father of the accused/applicant Udit Mishra. 2. These anticipatory bail applications, listed before me for the first time, are pending since May 2025 and are part of 179 old pending bail applications assigned to this bench by way of transfer from different benches. Despite that, none appears for accused/applicants. That is apparently because both accused/applicants were granted interim pr