ANIL KUMAR v. STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) & Anr.
Case at a glance
Outcome
Dismissed
and the accompanying application are dismissed
Provisions considered
Key paragraphs
- Para 44. Considering the above circumstances, the anticipatory bail application and the accompanying application are dismissed. GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff8 01e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE) MARCH 18, 2026/dr pages…
Judgment
Through: Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP for State with SI Ashok Singh Chauhan and HC Dalbeer, PS Nihal Vihar. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL)
The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case e-FIR No. 80046855/2025 of PS Nangloi for offence under Section 305 BNS.
1.1 This bail application came up for the first hearing on 30.05.2025 before the predecessor bench and thereafter continued getting adjourned before different benches. The accused/applicant was granted interim protection from arrest vide order dated 02.06.2025 of the Vacation Bench subject to his joining the investigation. That interim protection continues till date on date to date basis. Along with 179 such old pending bail applications, this application was transferred to this bench. pages GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4af ec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacc a, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d 15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff 801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DIKSHA RAWAT Signing Date:18.03.2026 14:34:51
1.2 Today is the first effective hearing before me. None has appeared on behalf of accused/applicant.
Learned APP assisted by IO/SI Ashok submits that despite repeated notices, the accused/applicant has not been joining investigation. It is further submitted that thrice in January 2026 and even for 07.03.2026, the accused/applicant was issued notice to join investigation but he did not join.
Today also none appears for the accused/applicant.
Operative part
Considering the above circumstances, the anticipatory bail application and the accompanying application are dismissed. GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afe c45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d1 5570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff8 01e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE) MARCH 18, 2026/dr pages Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:DIKSHA RAWAT Signing Date:18.03.2026 14:34:51
Questions this judgment answers
What did the Court decide in this case?
The Court recorded the following disposition: and the accompanying application are dismissed
Which statutory provisions did this judgment involve?
Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 — s. 305.
Which court decided this case, and when?
Delhi High Court, on 18 Mar 2026. The bench was GIRISH KATHPALIA.
Precedent status how later indexed judgments have treated this case
No known negative treatment found in the Courts & Cases corpus.
This is a result about the indexed corpus, not a finding that the judgment remains good law. Coverage may be incomplete.