Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court (Dr. Swarana Kanta Sharma, J., order dated 01.05.2025) rejects regular bail of Vikas Tomar @ Vicky Pehalwan in BAIL APPLN. 759/2025 arising from FIR No. 211/2024, PS Krishna Nagar (armed robbery at gold testing centre; Sections 392/394/397/34 IPC; chargesheet under Sections 392/394/397/411/34/120B IPC and Section 25/27 Arms Act). Grounds: TIP identification by complainant, recovery of complainant's Aadhaar and Visiting Cards from applicant's Ghaziabad house without justification, seriousness of allegations, charges not framed, witnesses to be examined, and criminal antecedents in two pending trials under Section 307 IPC and Section 392 IPC. Observations not to be treated as expression on merits.
What did the court decide?
Regular bail declined: the applicant was identified by the complainant in the Test Identification Parade, and the complainant's documents (Aadhaar Card and Visiting Card) were recovered from the applicant's house at Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh although the offence was committed in Delhi, for which he offered no justification; the allegations being serious, these circumstances did not incline the Court to grant bail.