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Ajay Singh v. State (Nct of Delhi)

Delhi HC18 Mar 2026BAIL APPLN./4761/2025

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Anticipatory bail granted; interim order made absolute; release on arrest on personal bond and surety bond Rs. 25,000/- each; FIR No.0218/2025 dated 03.05.2025; P.S. Mansarovar Park; Sections 115(2)/118/109(2)/3(5) Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023; corresponding Sections 323/324/307/34 IPC; Section 27 Arms Act 1959; applicants joined investigation; clean antecedents; CCTV footage applicants not armed; injuries simple; main charge-sheet filed; co-accused on regular bail including firearm holder; Delhi High Court; Justice Manoj Jain; BAIL APPLN. 4379/2025, 4395/2025, 4761/2025; CRL.M.A. 36660-36661/2025; disposed 18.03.2026.

What did the court decide?

Anticipatory bail granted: interim order made absolute; as and when the applicants are arrested, they are to be released on bail on furnishing personal bond and surety bond of Rs. 25,000/- each.

Ajay Singh Vs State (Nct of Delhi) — Delhi HC (2026) — LawSathi Research

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 4379/2025 SACHIN SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. M.L. Yadav, Mr. Harish Chand, Mr. Anant Chittoria, Mr. Deepak Kumar, Mr. Harsh Kumar and Mr. Piyush Saini, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Satyadev Panwar. 4 + BAIL APPLN. 4395/2025 AKASH SINGH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. M.L. Yadav, Mr. Harish Chand, Mr. Anant Chittoria, Mr. Deepak Kumar, Mr. Harsh Kumar and Mr. Piyush Saini, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Satyadev Panwar. 5 + BAIL APPLN. 4761/2025 & CRL.M.A. 36660-36661/2025 AJAY SINGH

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.....Petitioner Through: Mr. M.L. Yadav, Mr. Harish Chand, Mr. Anant Chittoria, Mr. Deepak Kumar, Mr. Harsh Kumar and Mr.

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BAIL APPLN. 4379/2025 & other connected matters 1

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/03/2026 at 12:44:16

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Piyush Saini, Advocates.

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versus

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STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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.....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Satyadev Panwar.

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CORAM:

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HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN

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O R D E R % 18.03.2026

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All the three applicants seek anticipatory bail in FIR No.0218/2025 dated 03.05.2025, for commission of offences under Sections 115(2)/118/109(2)/3(5) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS) (corresponding Sections 323/324/307/34 IPC) and Section 27 of Arms Act, 1959, registered at P.S. Mansarovar Park.

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When these applications were taken up by learned Predecessor Bench on 17.11.2025 and on 16.12.2025, while issuing notice and directing status reports to be filed, there was also direction to police to not take any coercive action against the applicants, subject to their joining investigation.

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Learned APP for the State, on instructions, from the I.O. submits that all the three applicants have already joined the investigation. She submits that CCTV footage has been obtained from the nearby locations and as far as present three applicants are concerned, though they are visible in such CCTV footage, it does not indicate that them to be armed with any weapon as such. She, however, submits that the attack was a planned one. She, however, does admit that the injuries were, eventually, found to be simple in nature.

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The main charge-sheet has already been filed and three of the

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BAIL APPLN. 4379/2025 & other connected matters 2

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/03/2026 at 12:44:16

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co-accused are already on regular bail, including the one who was, allegedly, in possession of firearm.

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Learned counsel for applicants submits that none of the applicants has any previous involvement of any nature, whatsoever, and they all are in their twenties.

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Keeping in mind the overall facts of the case and the fact that all the applicants, who are having clean antecedents, have already joined the investigation to the satisfaction of prosecution, the interim order is made absolute and, as and when, the applicants are arrested, the concerned SHO/I.O./arresting officer shall release them on bail on their furnishing personal bond and surety bond in a sum of Rs. 25,000/- each.

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Applications stand disposed of.

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MANOJ JAIN, J

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MARCH 18, 2026/ss/js

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BAIL APPLN. 4379/2025 & other connected matters 3

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This is a digitally signed order.

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The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 20/03/2026 at 12:44:16

Ajay Singh v. State (Nct of Delhi)

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