MALTI DEVI vs STATE OF NCT DELHI & ANR.

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 pages 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec455 69af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570 3. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that the earlier anticipatory bail application was withdrawn by the erstwhile counsel without instructions. But I am