# VIJAY GUPTA vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

Court: Delhi High Court
Date: 2026-01-29
Citation: CRL.M.C.-242/2026 2026:DHC:731
Petitioner: VIJAY GUPTA
Respondent: STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

[Official PDF on Delhi High Court website](https://delhihighcourt.nic.in/app/showFileJudgment/SKS29012026CRLMM2422026_192631.pdf)

## Judgment text (excerpt)

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 13.01.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 29.01.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 29.01.2026 CRL.M.C. 242/2026 VIJAY GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Puneet Singh, Mr. Chetan, Mr. Naman Jain and Mr. Shubham Sharma, Advs. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State with Ms. Amisha Dahiya, Adv. CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT Index to the Judgment FACTUAL BACKGROUND & SUBMISSIONS BEFORE THE COURT .................................................................................................... 2 ANALYSIS & FINDINGS ...................................................................... 5 (i) Failure to Consider The Bail Application on Merits and Non- Application of Judicial Mind .................................................................... 6 (ii) Right to Hearing and Impermissibility of Dismissal on Grounds of Application being “Too Voluminous or Bulky” ................................... 7 (iii) Judicial Time, Docket Pressure, and the True Meaning of “Precious Judicial Time” .....................................................................

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