MOHSIN @ ABRAR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 12.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4135/2025 & CRL.M.A. 32170/2025 MOHSIN @ ABRAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jitendra Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Hemant Gulati, Mr. Bharat and Mr. Shobit Dimri, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with Inspector Sachin Kumar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 79/2019 of PS Krishna Nagar for offence under Section 302/120B/34 IPC and Section 25/27 Arms Act. 2. Broadly speaking, according to prosecution case, the FIR registered on account of gunshots was a blind FIR as no eyewitness was present at the spot and the injured succumbed to his injuries on being taken to the hospital. Subsequently, during investigation, the IO examined two persons purported to be eyewitnesses, who named the accused/applicant as one of the assailants. According to those two eyewitnesses, the accused/applicant fired BAIL APPLICATION 4135/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4af ec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacc a, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - KATHPALIA 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d 15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965f f801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.12 17:59:42 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:12.01.2026 18:25:06 at the deceased with a country-made pistol. Further, according to prosecution, the entire incident was captured on CCTV and the eyewitnesses identified the accused/applicant present in the CCTV footage. 3. Against the above backdrop, learned senior counsel for accused/a