SANDDEP@ CHAMAN vs STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR.

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$~42 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 16.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 176/2026 & CRL.M.A. 1497/2026 SANDDEP @ CHAMAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pramod Kumar, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondents Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with SI Renu, PS Wazirabad CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No.490/2025 of PS Wazirabad, Delhi for offence under Section 109(1)/3(5) BNS & 25/27 Arms Act. Learned APP has submitted status report across the board, which is accepted to be scanned and made part of the record. 2. Despite repeated directions that when the IO is on leave, at least the concerned SHO should appear with the investigation file to assist the learned prosecutor, in this case again, neither the IO/SI Heera Lal nor the SHO Inspector Amit Kumar has appeared. The local police has opted to send one SI Renu only. This has to be now deprecated strongly. In the absence of the BAIL APPLICATION 176/2026 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, Signature Not Verified KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801 e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.16 18:27:57 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:16.01.2026 18:25:36 Investigating Officer or the SHO, adjourning the bail matters would certainly be wrong by adding to the incarceration period of the accused. Repeatedly such directions were sent to the concerned DCPs by way of judicial orders. It seems that those orders were not placed before the concerne