WASIM @ SHERA vs STATE (NCT) OF DELHI

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$~67 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 23.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1167/2026 & CRL.M.A. 8779/2026 WASIM @ SHERA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. B. S. Chowdhary, Advocate. versus STATE (NCT) OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sanjeev Sabharwal, APP for State with Inspector Rajesh Verma and Inspector Umesh Kumar, PS Narela CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 536/2020 of PS Narela for offence under Section 302/34 IPC read with Section 25/27 Arms Act. 2. Broadly speaking, the accused/applicant allegedly shot dead two persons. Besides, the accused/applicant is involved in 14 more such cases. Further, it appears that earlier application of the accused/applicant was dismissed on merits on 12.04.2022 and thereafter, there is no change in circumstances. Thereafter, the accused/applicant filed another bail BAIL APPLICATION 1167/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, GIRISH 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, Signature Not Verified ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, KATHPALIA postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff80 1e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.03.23 17:59:38 -07'00' Digitally Signed By:DIKSHA RAWAT Signing Date:23.03.2026 18:16:21 application, which was dismissed as withdrawn on 30.05.2025. Thereafter, the accused/applicant filed yet another bail application but without disclosing about dismissal dated 30.05.2025, so taking it to be an inadvertent error, on 16.03.2026, the counsel for accused/applicant was permitted withdrawal of that bail application with liberty to file afresh, disclosing the earlier dismissal.