KARAN KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~9 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 07.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4587/2025 & CRL.M.A. 35393/2025 KARAN KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sumeet Verma, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Pulkit Jain, Mr. Mahinder Pratap Singh, Ms. Malvika Raj, Ms. Alisha, Ms. Anjali and Md. Anas, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Ajay Vikram Singh, APP for State with IO SI Vikas. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 688/2024 of PS Paharganj for offence under Section 109(l)/115(2)/61(2)/3(5) BNS. 2. I have heard learned senior counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP assisted by the IO/SI Vikas. 3. Broadly speaking, the prosecution case as culled out of the FIR is as follows. On account of a previous quarrel between Monty (son of the complainant) and a neighbour Siddharth as well as two children in conflict with law, in order to take revenge, on 06.12.2024 at about 01:15 am, BAIL APPLICATION 4587/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.07 17:41:36 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:07.01.2026 17:43:36 Siddharth and those two children in conflict with law came in front of his house armed with knives and started abusing him. Monty came out of the house to object, after which all three of them started beating him up. At that stage, their neighbour Priyanshu and the accused/applicant Karan (brother of