UJJWAL vs STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI)

* I N T H E H I G H CO U RT O F DE L H I AT NE W DE L H I Reserved on: February 16, 2026 % Pronounced on: February 24, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4493/2025 UJJWAL ..... Applicant Through: Mr. Sarthak Tomar, Adv. (through VC) Versus STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Ms. Upasna Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates with SI Naresh Kumar, PS: Punjabi Bagh CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. By virtue of the present bail application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the applicant seeks grant of anticipatory bail in proceedings arising from FIR No.503/2025 dated 13.08.2025 registered at PS.: Punjabi Bagh, Delhi under Sections 306/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (IPC). 2. As per FIR, on 09.05.2023, the complainant’s daughter ended her life by hanging herself from a ceiling fan at her residence after writing two suicide notes. Though she was immediately taken to a nearby hospital, where she was declared brought dead. During inspection, the investigating team seized two suicide notes, two notebooks, and the deceased’s mobile phone from the scene. The anal and vaginal swabs sent for FSL sho