TAUSEIF KHAN vs STATE (N.C.T. OF DELHI)

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$~29 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 30.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 401/2026 & CRL.M.A. 3103/2026 TAUSEIF KHAN .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pushkar Priyadarshi, Advocate versus STATE (N.C.T. OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with IO/Inspector Rajinder Singh, PS Vivek Vihar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 304/2020 of PS Vivek Vihar for offence under Section 302/201/120B/34 IPC. 2. Broadly speaking, prosecution case is that in presence of the first informant Poonam, a third gender, another third gender Reshma was killed by way of multiple stabbing by the accused/applicant and his father and brother-in-law. In the FIR, Poonam specifically named all three assailants. Father of the accused/applicant was apprehended on the spot while the accused/applicant and his brother-in-law fled. Knives used by all three assailants were recovered. BAIL APPLN. 401/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45 569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, Signature Not Verified serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1557 0996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa , cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.30 17:08:34 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:30.01.2026 17:14:22 3. Against the above backdrop, learned counsel for the accused/applicant submits that the accused/applicant is innocent and has been falsely implicated. It is submitted by learned counsel for accused/applicant that if carefully examined, arrest of the accused/applicant would not inspire confidence. Further, learned counsel f