BAIL APPLN. 2593/2025 p. 1 $~SB-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 2593/2025 MOHD. MOHSIN QURESHI .....Applicant Through: Mr. Nitin Saluja and Ms. Ishita Soni, Advs. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for the State with SI Shakti, PS Daryaganj. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN O R D E R % 31.01.2026 CRL.M.A. 2102/2026 (exemption from filing certified copies of the annexures) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. CRL.M.A. 2101/2026 (for reduction of surety amount) 3. The present application is filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking modification in the conditions imposed by this Court while granting bail to the Applicant/Mohd. Mohsin Qureshi. The Applicant prays as under: - “ i. Allow the Applicant/Appellant to furnish personal bond/cash amount from his Prisons Property Account in the sum of Rs. 10,000/- in lieu of surety bond before the Jail Superintendent, Central Jail No. 14, Mandoli and release in personal bond; and/or ii. Any other order or direction may kindly be passed which this Hon’ble Court deems fit and proper in the facts of the case.” This is a digitally signed order. 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 02/02/2026 at 11:33:02 BAIL APPLN. 2593/2025 p. 2 4. Vide order dated 02.09.2025, this Court had admitted the Applicant on bail (if not in custody in any other case) and directed release on furnishing a personal bond for a sum of ₹25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount, subject to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. Certain other conditions were also imposed. 5. Subsequently, vide order dated 24.09.2025, the bail conditions imposed on the Applicant were further modified as under: - “1. For the reasons mentioned in the application, the same is allowed to the extent that the applicant be released on bail (if not in custody in any other case) on furnishing a personal bond for a sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one surety for a sum of Rs. 20,000/- subject to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. The surety need not necessarily be a local surety. 2. Other conditions as imposed by order dated 02.09.2025 shall remain the same.” 6. The learned counsel for the Applicant submits that despite numerous efforts, the Applicant has not been able to arrange a surety and there is no one in the family of the Applicant who could stand as his surety. 7. He submits that for this reason, despite the order being passed by this Court admitting the Applicant on bail about 4 months ago, the Applicant is still languishing in custody. 8. He further submits that the Applicant was working (Langer Assistant) in the Jail since his conviction and at present he has been not able to earn enough to executed a personal bond in the sum of Rs. 20,000/- as directed in the order dated 24.09.2025. Hence, it is prayed that he be permitted to furnish cash surety in the sum of Rs. 10,000/-in cash from his PP Account before the Jail Superintendent, Central Jail No. 14, Mandoli in lieu of surety bond. 9. In Re : Policy Strategy for Grant of Bail : 2023 SCC OnLine This is a digitally signed order. 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 02/02/2026 at 11:33:02 BAIL APPLN. 2593/2025 p. 3 SC 483, the Hon’ble Apex Court had specifically noted that if the accused is not able to furnish bail bonds and sureties within one month from the grant of bail, the concerned Court may suo moto take up the case and consider whether the conditions of bail require modification / relaxation. 10. It is a common knowledge that the convicts who are in custody for a long duration of time, oftentimes, find themselves in a position where they are unable to persuade even their family members to stand surety for them. 11. In view of the above, bail conditions as imposed on the applicant by order dated 02.09.2025 and modified by order dated 24.09.2025, are further modified to the extent that the Applicant is directed to be released on bail (if not in custody in any other case) on furnishing a personal bond for a sum of ₹25,000/- with cash surety for a sum of ₹20,000/-, subject to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court. 12. The other conditions as imposed by the order dated 02.09.2025 shall remain the same. 13. The present application is allowed in the aforesaid terms. AMIT MAHAJAN, J JANUARY 31, 2026 ‘KDK’ This is a digitally signed order. 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 02/02/2026 at 11:33:02