Juned Alam v. the State Govt of NCT of Delhi
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Regular bail granted — BAIL APPLN. 524/2025, High Court of Delhi, decided 19.02.2025, Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora, J. (oral). Juned Alam v. State (Govt of NCT of Delhi). FIR No. 646/2024 dated 08.11.2024, P.S. Pahar/Pahar Ganj; Sections 308/127(2)/3(5) BNS 2023 (extortion/honey-trap at New Karan Hotel; amounts Rs. 15,050/-, Rs. 5,200/-, total Rs. 20,250/- alleged); petition under S. 483 BNSS. Grounds: parity with enlarged co-accused (Jatin Kumar anticipatory bail 09.01.2025 in BAIL APPLN. 4507/2024; Supriya Shahi arrested 12.11.2024), no criminal antecedents, investigation complete, charge-sheet filed, trial delay; precedents: Sanjay Chandra v. CBI (2012) 1 SCC 40; Arnab Manoranjan Goswami 2020 SCC OnLine SC 964; Prabhakar Tiwari (2020) 11 SCC 648; State of Kerala v. Raneef (2011) 1 SCC 784 (fn.). Bond Rs. 25,000/-; conditions incl. NCT restriction, IO reporting 2nd/4th Fridays. Counsel: Vikas Bhatia, Anil Kumar Duggal, Aman Jwala (Applicant); Laksh Khanna APP (State).