BAIL APPLICATION 4691/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages $~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 12.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4691/2025 & CRL.M.A. 36161/2025 JAGBANDHU MALIK@ JAGGA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Chuman Mandal, Advocate. versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Hemant Mehla, APP for State with SI Narender Singh, PS CR Park. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 243/2024 of PS C.R. Park for offence under Section 306/3(5)/61(2)/317(2) BNS. 2. The offence alleged against the accused/applicant is that he conspired with co-accused persons and joined the house of the complainant de facto as a domestic help, after which all of them committed theft of a number of articles and cash from the house. There is no eyewitness of the alleged occurrence. According to prosecution, the CCTV installed outside the house GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801 e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.12 18:01:06 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:12.01.2026 18:25:06 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLICATION 4691/2025 Page 2 of 3 pages of the complainant de facto depicts the accused persons including the present accused/applicant walking across the road along with a bag carried by each of them. 3. The accused/applicant was arrested on 24.07.2025 and continues to be in jail. Admittedly, nothing incriminating was recovered from the accused/applicant. Even the alleged CCTV footage shown to me does not appear to be a footage from the installed CCTV camera because the camera in the footage is also moving along with the person depicted therein and alleged to be the accused/applicant. It appears that the said footage was specifically clicked by someone with a video camera, following the person walking across the road. 4. It is also submitted by learned APP for State that there is no previous involvement of the accused/applicant in any such offence. However, subsequent to the present offence, the accused/applicant was booked in another theft in which he was declared proclaimed offender and was thus arrested in the said case and in the present case. 5. Considering the overall circumstances mentioned above, the application is allowed and accordingly, the accused/applicant is directed to be released on bail, subject to his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the learned trial court. The accompanying application stands disposed of. GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec4556 9af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d155709 96b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.12 18:00:56 -08'00' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:12.01.2026 18:25:06 Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLICATION 4691/2025 Page 3 of 3 pages 6. Copy of this order be immediately sent to concerned Jail Superintendent for being conveyed to the accused/applicant. GIRISH KATHPALIA (JUDGE) JANUARY 12, 2026/ry GIRISH KATHPALIA Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec 45569af3962c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15 570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801 e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2026.01.12 18:00:42 -08'00' By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:12.01.2026 18:25:06