RAJ MAHTO vs THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR.

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$~P-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 29.04.2026 Pronounced on: 15.05.2026 Uploaded on: 15.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3007/2025 RAJ MAHATO ......Applicant Through: Ms. Shweta S. Kumar, Advocate (through VC). versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI …....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP with Insp. Manish Bhati, P.S.Bhalswa Dairy. Mr. Sandeep Kumar Singh, Advocate for the complainant, with the complainant in person. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”] (corresponding to Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973), the applicant seeks anticipatory bail in connection with FIR No. 98/2025, dated 06.02.2025, registered under Section 108 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [“BNS”], at Police Station Bhalswa Dairy, District Outer North, Delhi. Signature Not Verified Signed By:BHUPENDER Signing Date:15.05.2026 BAIL APPLN. 3007/2025 Page 1 of 15 20:00 A. PROSECUTION CASE AND ORDERS PASSED IN THE APPLICATION 2. The subject FIR was registered on 06.02.2025 in respect of the unfortunate death by suicide of the complainant‟s daughter. The incident took place on 26.01.2025. As stated in the FIR, the complainant initially did not suspect anyone; however, upon checking the mobile phone of the deceased, it was revealed that she had been in contact with the applicant. The applicant was a classmate of the deceased - they were both students of Class XII in Sarvodaya Co-Ed Vidyalaya No.1, Shakti Nagar, Delhi, at the time of the incident. He and his sister were friends of the deceased and used to visit her home. It was alleged that the applicant had sent objectionable photographs and videos to the deceased on 25.01.2025, and that