NIKHIL BAJAJ vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 09.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3356/2025 & CRL.M.A. 26173/2025 NIKHIL BAJAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S. Nanda Kumar, Senior Advocate with Ms. Deepika Nanda Kumar, Mr. Vishal Yadav and Mr. Rahul Gujral, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State with SI Divya, PS Model Town. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 238/2025 of PS Model Town for offence under Section 78/79/351(2)/356(2) of BNS. 2. Broadly speaking, the allegation against the accused/applicant is that being a distant relative of the complainant de facto, he came in contact with the daughter of the complainant de facto and started sending her text messages. In the month of September 2023, daughter of the complainant de facto got married and settled in Canada. Even thereafter, the BAIL APPLICATION 3356/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f 97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee604 02c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.09 17:40:32 -08'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:09.01.2026 17:41:28 accused/applicant started repeatedly visiting house of the complainant de facto and sent certain objectionable messages on WhatsApp. On 11.06.2025, the accused/applicant was arrested. 3. In the backdrop of these allegations, when the present bail application came up before the predecessor bench on 17.09.2025, on medical grounds of psychological issues, he was