High Court of Delhi granted regular bail to an accused facing rape and cheating charges during prosecution evidence stage, noting the material witness was examined and flight risk was not established.
Released on bail upon furnishing a personal bond of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties of the like amount, subject to conditions.
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INAM ALI ..... Petitioner Through: Mr. Kaushal Kaushik, Mr. Mausam Chodhury and Mr. Amit Nayyar, Advocates.
versus
STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP for the State with SI Bharti Singh, PS: Burari. Mr. Virender Kumar and Mr. Noor Alam, Advocates for the Complainant.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE JYOTI SINGH
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victim and forcefully took her to a hotel and raped her and made more videos. Applicant hid his identity from the victim that he was a Muslim and continued to blackmail her.
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shopping. He has also urged that prosecutrix had demanded Rs.40 lakhs from him to purchase a flat. Her statement to this effect is allegedly recorded in a 30 second video with which she was confronted during crossexamination. Prosecutrix, on the other hand, has levelled serious allegations of rape against the applicant and the co-accused persons and has also taken a position that she was called to Delhi and raped repeatedly on the false pretext of marriage. These are issues which can only be decided during trial and it is neither possible nor permissible at this stage to conclude one way or the other on the guilt of the applicant.
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taken up; and
JYOTI SINGH, J
MAY 15, 2024/shivam/BSR
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3 issues framed by the court
Whether to grant regular bail to the accused despite serious allegations of rape.
Whether the chance of tampering with evidence or intimidating witnesses justifies custody.
Whether to impose conditions on the accused's release, including prohibition on leaving the country.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Inam Ali
State of NCT of Delhi
Jyoti Singh
As recorded by the court registry
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