$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 2305/2026 & CRL.M.A. 18199/2026 SIRAJUDDIN @ ISROJ .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Shalu, Mr. Mohammad Ali and Mr. Nadim, Advs. versus NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Naresh Kumar Chahar, APP for State. Mr. Mohd. Shamikh, Adv. along with complaint CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MADHU JAIN O R D E R % 13.07.2026 1. This hearing has been done through hybrid mode. 2. The present application has been filed by the petitioner under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter, ‘BNSS’) seeking grant of interim bail fo 60 days in connection with FIR No. 207/2025 registered at Police Station Dayalpur, District- North-East, Delhi for the offences punishable under Sections 62(2) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as ‘BNS’) and Section 6 of the Protection of Children from Sexual Offences Act, 2012 (hereinafter referred to as the ‘POCSO Act’). 3. Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the present application has been filed seeking interim bail for a period of 60 days on the ground that the petitioner’s wife is 21 weeks pregnant and her expected date of delivery 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 16/07/2026 at 11:14:23 is 22.10.2026. 4. Learned APP for the State submits that the petitioner had earlier moved a similar application before the learned Sessions Court, which was withdrawn, and thereafter the present application has been filed before this Court. 5. Learned counsel appearing for the victim submits that even after the expiry of the interim bail granted earlier, the petitioner failed to surrender despite the specific directions of the learned Sessions Court. It is submitted that it was only pursuant to the directions issued by this Court by order dated 24.06.2026, that the petitioner surrendered on 25.06.2026. He further submits that since August, 2025, the petitioner had been availing interim bail on the ground that he required surgery. However, after the Medical Board opined that no surgery is required, the petitioner has now changed the ground and is seeking interim bail on account of his wife’s pregnancy. 6. It is further submitted that the petitioner is a habitual offender and another case under Section 376 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 and the POCSO Act, arising out of FIR No. 636/2023, Police Station Dayalpur, is also pending against him. 7. Learned counsel for the petitioner herself submits that the expected date of delivery of the petitioner’s wife is 22.10.2026. 8. It is pertinent to note that the petitioner had earlier been granted interim bail on medical grounds for treatment of his gall bladder ailment. The present application, however, has been filed on an altogether different ground, namely, the pregnancy of the petitioner’s wife, whose expected date of delivery is in October, 2026. 9. Keeping in view the nature and gravity of the allegations, the conduct of the petitioner in remaining on interim bail for more than six months on 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 16/07/2026 at 11:14:23 medical grounds and thereafter failing to surrender despite the directions of the learned Sessions Court, and the fact that he surrendered only pursuant to the directions issued by this Court, no ground is made out for grant of interim bail. 10. Accordingly, the present application is dismissed. Pending application(s), if any, also stand disposed of. 11. The order be uploaded on the website forthwith. MADHU JAIN, J JULY 13, 2026/b/P 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 16/07/2026 at 11:14:23