MOHD AFFAN vs THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 29.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 5053/2025 & CRL.M.A. 38872/2026 MOHD AFFAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Mohd Azhar, Advocate (through videoconferencing) versus THE STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State with IO/HC Ravi and SI Sunit, PS Jagat Puri CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case e-FIR No. 80100737/2025 of PS Jagat Puri for offence under Section 303(2) BNS. 2. Broadly speaking, the FIR was registered on e-FIR portal, whereby the complainant de facto alleged that on 23.10.2025, his mobile phone was snatched by two persons who came on a two-wheeler scooter and fled. Further, according to prosecution, the present accused/applicant and co- accused Mohd. Saim were arrested in another case and mobile phone of the complainant de facto was recovered from their possession. BAIL APPLN. 5053/2025 pages 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, 3. On last date, prosecution opposed the anticipatory bail on