AYODHYA DEVI ALIAS JYOTI vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 06.05.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 25.05.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 26.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 920/2026 AYODHYA DEVI ALIAS JYOTI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hitesh Aggarwal, Mr. Veer Chand Kumar, Advocates versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for the State. Mr. Mayank Mehandru, Ms. Charu Tandon, Mr. Raghav Tandon, Advocates for the complainant. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 573/2024, registered at Police Station Vivek Vihar, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 80(2)/85/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter ‘BNS’). BAIL APPLN. 920/2026 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that a PCR call vide DD no. 12 was received at P.S. Vivek Vihar, Delhi, wherein the caller had informed that his daughter-in-law had committed suicide by hanging. Upon reaching the spot, the police officials had found that the deceased had committed suicide by han