$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 2269/2026 SANJAY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ujwal Ghai, Adv. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP SI Nikhil Singh, PS EOW CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 08.07.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present second application has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNSS’) on behalf of the petitioner seeking grant of interim bail for a period of 60 days in FIR No. 19/2025 registered at Police Station Economic Offences Wing (hereinafter referred to as ‘PS EOW’) for offences punishable under Sections 318(4)/316(2)/316(5)/61(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘BNS’) and Section 4 read with Section 22 of the Banning of Unregulated Deposit Schemes Act, 2019 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BUDS Act’). 3. Learned APP for the State submits that though the medical documents relied upon by the petitioner have been verified, no date for surgery has yet been fixed. 4. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that though the surgery date 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 13/07/2026 at 16:55:12 has not been fixed, the petitioner is required to pay 80% of the advance amount before the surgery and, therefore, has to arrange funds for the same. Admittedly, the applicant is involved in four other criminal cases; however, he has already been granted bail in all the said matters. 5. Learned counsel for the petitioner further submits that on an earlier occasion also, the petitioner had been granted interim bail and he neither misused the liberty so granted nor violated any of the conditions imposed by the Court and surrendered before the Jail Authorities within the stipulated period. 6. Keeping in view the overall facts and circumstances of the case, the petitioner is admitted to interim bail for a period of four weeks, to be reckoned from the date of his release, subject to the following terms: i. The petitioner shall be released upon furnishing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.25,000/-, with a ‘local’ surety of the like amount, to the satisfaction of the concerned MM/CJM/Duty Judicial Magistrate. ii. The petitioner shall not leave the country without prior permission of this Court; iii. The petitioner shall intimate the concerned SHO, PS EOW, regarding any change in residential address; iv. The petitioner shall provide his mobile number to the concerned SHO, PS EOW and intimate about change in the number, if any; v. The petitioner shall report at the office of concerned SHO, PS EOW first Monday of every month at 11:00 a.m. and he shall be discharged by 12 noon, after recording his presence and completion of all the necessary formalities; vii. The petitioner shall not indulge in any criminal activity and upon 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 13/07/2026 at 16:55:12 any such activity being discovered or indulged into, the present suspension of sentence shall automatically stand cancelled. 7. The application is allowed in the above terms and disposed of accordingly. 8. The observations made in the present order shall not affect the final hearing of the matter. 9. A copy of this order be sent to the concerned Jail Superintendent for necessary information and compliance. 10. Pending applications, if any, also stand disposed of. 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J. JULY 8, 2026/prg/Av 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 13/07/2026 at 16:55:12