Ajay Narula Vs State of NCT of Delhi

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 3282/2025, CRL.M.A. 25603/2025 AJAY NARULA .....Applicant Through: Mr. Rakesh Wadhwa and Mr. Sahil Sharma, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State Mr. Sarthak Karol, Standing counsel with Ms. Neelakshi Bhadauria and Mr. Shashank Sharma, Advocates for Complainant

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 13.05.2026

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By virtue of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in proceedings arising out of FIR No.503/2024 dated 28.08.2024 registered at PS: Rajouri Garden under Sections 103(1)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 ( BNS ).

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Briefly put, as per prosecution, in the intervening night of 2728.08.2024 at around 03:00 AM, the complainant alongwith his cousin, nephew and their friend, got into a scuffle with the owner of Kafila Restaurant and Ketan Foods where they had gone to have food, who then brought his father/ applicant herein alongwith 2-3 workers and inflicted several injuries upon them, as also stabbed the aforesaid friend of the complainant’s cousin repeatedly with a knife-like object, causing his death. Accordingly, the applicant was arrested on 28.08.2024, however he

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was granted interim bail by this Court vide order dated 03.09.2025 on medical grounds which has been extended from time to time.

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Learned counsel for the applicant primarily seeks grant of regular bail to the applicant since he is a patient of serious and chronic disease of Leukaemia, i.e. Blood Cancer, due to which his life span can only be extended using constant medical intervention. He further submits that while languishing in jail, the applicant was never able to receive the care he required and had to repeatedly make applications to the learned Trial Court simply in order to access the life-saving drugs prescribed to him, as also lost 10-12kg of body weight. He, in fact, submits that recently on 29.03.2026, the applicant was even admitted to the ICU at Kalra Hospital, Kirti Nagar, Delhi for severe vertigo and vomiting, wherein he was also diagnosed with cervical spondylosis and spinal compressions, as also he has stones in his gall bladder for which he requires surgery.

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Under these circumstances, learned counsel relies upon the decisions of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Bhawani Singh vs. State of Rajasthan:2022 SCC OnLine SC 1991 and Assistant Director Directorate of Enforcement vs. Kamal Ahsan & Anr. [order dated 20.10.2022 in SLP (Crl.) 6755/2022] as also of this Court in Dheeraj Wadhawan vs. CBI:2024:DHC:6941 and P. Sarath Chandra Reddy vs. Directorate of Enforcement:2023:DHC:3115 to submit that in view of the right to life of the applicant, he ought to be released on regular bail. 5. Per contra , learned APP for State submits that though the chronic medical condition of the applicant has been duly verified, as also he was recently admitted at the said Kalra Hospital and been diagnosed with spinal compression, however, he can receive the treatment required inside

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the prison as well, and in view of the heinousness of the offence, wherein he has been placed through CCTV footages and other cogent evidence, the present application ought to be rejected.

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Learned counsel for the complainant also submits that the present case involves grave and heinous offences and since there are independent witnesses as well as CCTV footages constituting a strong prima facie case against the applicant, there is no case for granting bail to the applicant. 7. Heard.

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Admittedly, there is no qualm that the applicant is suffering from Blood Cancer, for which though there is no permanent cure, however, he requires consistent medical observation, supervision, analysis and intervention in the form of medicines and/ or surgery, particularly coupled with the other ailments he is also suffering. The degree of care, caution, cleanliness and a healthy environment which is indispensable for the applicant, which calls for him to be outside the jail premises where he is able to not use the common facilities. Records reveal that he is having to make repeated applications even for the supply of life-saving drugs. At the end of the day, despite the heinousness of the alleged offence, the applicant is a human being, and his right to life under Article 21 of the Constitution of India must be borne in mind by this Court.

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Thus, under such facts and circumstances, and without adverting to the merits involved and taking a humanitarian view, this Court deems it fit, just and proper to grant the applicant regular bail.

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Accordingly, the present application is allowed and the applicant is granted regular bail in proceedings arising out of FIR No.503/2024 dated 28.08.2024 registered at PS: Rajouri Garden under Sections 103(1)/3(5)

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BNS on the same bail bond of Rs.25,000/- [ Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only ] with two sureties of the like amount already furnished by him pursuant to the order dated 03.09.2025 passed by this Court, and further subject to the following conditions:-

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i. Applicant shall not leave the State of NCT of Delhi without prior permission of this Court and shall ordinarily reside at the address as per prison records. If he wishes to change his residential address, he shall immediately intimate about the same to the IO by way of an affidavit.

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ii. Applicant shall surrender his passport, if any, to the IO, within three days.

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iii. Applicant shall appear before the learned Trial Court if, as and when called for.

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iv. Applicant shall provide all his mobile numbers to the IO concerned which shall be kept in working condition at all times and setting for location be kept on at all times.

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vi. Applicant shall not indulge in any criminal activity and shall not communicate with or come in contact with any of the prosecution witnesses, or tamper with the evidence of the case.

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Accordingly, the present application is allowed in the aforesaid terms.

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Copy of this order be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for information and compliance thereof.

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SAURABH BANERJEE, J

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MAY 13, 2026/So

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