MALTI DEVI vs STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR.

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$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 28.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 798/2026, CRL.M.A. 6114/2026 & CRL.M.A. 6115/2026 MALTI DEVI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vimal Tyagi and Mr. Balaji Pathak, Advocates. versus STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for the State with Inspector Vikas Mudgal and Inspector Rajiv Shah, PS Mukherjee Nagar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 473/2024 of Police Station Mukherjee Nagar for offence under Section 498A/304B/34 IPC. 2. At the very outset, learned APP for State points out that vide order dated 13.02.2026 of this bench, learned counsel for the accused/applicant had sought permission to withdraw the earlier anticipatory bail (Bail BAIL APPLN. 798/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, Signature Not Verified 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 Digitally Signed 996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA By:DIKSHA RAWAT Date: 2026.03.28 18:11:18 -07'00' Signing Date:28.03.2026 18:16:59 Application No. 3460/2024) so that the accused/applicant would surrender and seek regular bail. Accordingly, the said anticipatory bail application was dismissed as withdrawn. Thereafter, instead of surrendering, the accused/applicant filed yet another anticipatory bail application, which is the present one and the learned Judge In-charge (Criminal Side) transferred the application to this bench. 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that the earlier anticipatory bail