BABLI GUPTA ALIAS SUDHA GUPTA vs STATE OF NCT DELHI

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$~78 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4007/2025 BABLI GUPTA ALIAS SUDHA GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mukesh Bhardwaj, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Insp. Shubham Chaudhary Special Staff SED. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (Oral) 1. By way of this application, the applicant seeks grant of anticipatory bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 366/2025, registered at Police Station Sunlight Colony, Delhi for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 137(2)/143(4)/3/5 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter „BNS‟). 2. Issue notice. The learned APP accepts notice on behalf of the State. 3. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that on 22.08.2025, the complainant Suresh, a brick labourer, while Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 4007/2025 Page 1 of 7 Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:15.01.2026 18:33:08 travelling with his wife and four children to Behror, Rajasthan, was compelled to stay at ISBT Sarai Kale Khan due to lack of funds, and during the night, his six-month-old son Prem had gone missing from Platform No. 2 while the family was asleep, leading to the registration of the present FIR under Section 137(2) of BNS at P.S. Sunlight Colony. During investigation, on the basis of CCTV footage and technical analysis, co-accused Veerbhan and Kalicharan were identified and apprehended, who disclosed that the kidnapped child was sold through one Rambaran and further trafficked through Sundar Singh to Krishna and Preeti, from whose illegal custody the child was recovered on 25.08.2025 at Rajnagar, Agra. Further investigation revealed the invol