BAIL APPLN. 3588/2025 1 $~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 3588/2025 RAKESH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya Aggarwal, Ms. Pooja Roy & Mohd. Yasir, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with Insp. Arun Dagar CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 03.07.2026 1. Applicant seeks regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 215/2014 Dated 30.01.2024, registered at PS Bhalswa Dairy, Delhi under Sections 302/34 of IPC. 2. The applicant is in custody since 31.01.2024 and so far, no witness has entered into the witness box. During course of the arguments it was also brought to fore that there CCTV footage of the spot in question. Though such CCTV footage, as per the prosecution story, is not very clear but fact remains that it has been sent for forensic examination and the report has yet not been received. Resultantly, copy of such footage has, so far, not been supplied to the accused persons. 3. After hearing some arguments, and as prayed by Mr, Aggarwal, the present bail application is disposed of as not pressed with liberty to applicant to file application afresh, once such CCTV footage is supplied to the accused persons. All rights and contentions are left open. 4. Simultaneously, Director (FSL) is also directed to expedite the preparation of forensic report and to transmit the same to the concerned 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 06/07/2026 at 10:22:28 BAIL APPLN. 3588/2025 2 SHO/IO within a period of six weeks from today. Such direction seems imperative, primarily, for the reason that the accused is behind the bars for around last 2 ½ years and CCTV footage might have strong bearing over the case. 5. The applicant would also be at liberty to file application seeking bail, in case the forensic report is not supplied within the abovesaid time-frame. 6. The application stands disposed of in aforesaid terms. 7. A copy of this order be sent to concerned SHO and Director, FSL for due compliance. MANOJ JAIN, J JULY 3, 2026/da/sk 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 06/07/2026 at 10:22:28