CRL.A. 1207/2024 Page 1 of 37 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 2nd SEPTEM BER , 2025 IN THE M ATER OF: + CRL.A. 1207/2024 & CRL.M .(BAIL) 2168/2024 TASLEEM AHM ED ...Appellant Through: M r. M ehmood Pracha, M r. Jatin Bhatt, M r. Sanawar, M r. Kshitij Singh, M r. M ohd. Hasan, M s. Hem Sahoo, M s. Nujhat Nasem, M r. Sikander, M s. Sadiya Sultan & M r. Chirag Verma, Advs. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI ...Respondent Through: M r. Amit Prasad, SP for the State , M r. M adhuka r Pandey, SPP (through VC) for State with M r. Dhruv Pande, M r. Aarush Bhatia, M r. Ayodhya Prasad, M s. Ruchika Prasad, M r. Umesh Kumar Singh, M r. Sulabh Gupta, M r. Ha rshil Jain, M r. Saravjet Singh & M r. Daksh Sachdeva, Adv s. M r. P.S. Kushwaha, Addl. CP (S pecial Cell) (VC), Insp. Anil Kumar , Insp. Suhaib Ahmed, ASI Sanjay Kumar, HC Dheraj Goswami (Special Cell) . CORAM : HON'BLE M R. JUSTICE SUBRAM ONIUM PRASAD +21¶%/(05-867,&(+$5,6+9$,' SHANKAR CRL.A. 1207/2024 Page 2 of 37 JUDGM ENT SUBRAM ONIUM PRASAD, J. 1. The present ap peal ha s ben prefered by the Appellant herein challenging the Order dated 25.11.2024 (hereinafter referred to as ‡Impugned Order ·) passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge -03, Shahdara, Karkardooma Courts, Delhi in FIR No. 59/2020 registered at Po lice Station Crime Branch, Delhi , where by the third bail application filed by the Appellant was rejected. 2. Briefly stated, the facts germane to the present case are as follows – a. The instant case emerge s from the incidents which occurred in North -East Delhi during 23.02.2020 to 25.02.2020, where protests at a large scale were organised against the promulgation of Citizenship Amendment Act, 2019 and the amendments made to the policy of National Registry of Citizens. b. As per the case of the prosecution, various incidents of rioting and violence were conducted in the name of protests, thereby creating ruckus in the society and damage to the public property. c. In this backdrop, FIRs were registered against the acused persons. Pertinently, the Appellant was initiall y apprehended on 08.04.2020 for his participation in the alleged riots in FIR No. 48/2020 and was also granted regular bail in the said FIR on 10.06.2020. d. However, the present case arises out of the subsequent FIR bearing No. 59/2020 dated 06.03.2020, whic h was registered at