SAVITRI vs STATE OF DELHI

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$~48 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 04.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 493/2026 SAVITRI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kedar Yadav and Sanya Verma, Advocates versus STATE OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with SI Rahul Rathi and ASI Ramkesh Gahlot, PS Sangam Vihar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The applicant/accused seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 508/2025 of Police Station Sangam Vihar for offence under Section 33 of Delhi Excise Act 2009, under Section 78 of JJ Act 2015 and under Section 95/112 of BNS 2023. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is that she trafficked a child from native village and got him employed in Delhi in sale of illicit liquor. The FIR was registered on the statement of a constable, who during patrol duty witnessed the sale of illicit liquor in a narrow lane of BAIL APPLN. 493/2026 Page 1 of 4 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835 d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2ee Signature Not Verified e60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.02.04 17:27:18 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:04.02.2026 17:34:30 the area. When the constable tried to apprehend, the lady Kajal who was selling the illicit liquor alongwith the child ran away but the child got apprehended alongwith the pouches of illicit liquor in a plastic bucket. In the course of investigation, it came out that the child had been brought to Delhi by the accused/applicant, who is a close relative of the lady Kajal found selling illici