FAISAL AHMED vs STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 10.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1616/2025 FAISAL AHMED .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rajan Singh, Advocate (through videoconferencing). versus STATE OF GNCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Nawal Kishore Jha, APP for State with Inspector Rajneesh Kumar. Mr. Rishikesh Kumar, Advocate (through videoconferencing) for Complainant with Complainant in person through (through videoconferencing). CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 18/2025 of Police Station Safdarjung Enclave for offence under Section 498A/34 IPC. 2. This anticipatory bail application came up for first hearing on 29.04.2025 before the predecessor bench and the accused/applicant was granted interim protection from arrest, which interim protection continued on date to date basis before different benches. Today, the matter came up BAIL APPLN. 1616/2025 Page 1 of 4 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4556 9af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH Signature Not Verified COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155709 96b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally Signed Date: 2026.03.10 17:17:21 -07'00' By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:10.03.2026 17:40:58 before me for the first time. I heard learned counsel for accused/applicant as well as learned APP for State and learned counsel for complainant de facto. 3. Broadly speaking, the accused/applicant and the complainant de facto, both of whom are well placed academicians fell into love affair and got married in the year 2006. Two children were born from their we