$~52 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 2887/2026, CRL.M.A. 21735/2026 MOHIT MALIK .....Applicant Through: Mr. Ramesh Gupta, Sr. Adv. with Mr. Shailendra Singh and Mr. Ishaan Jain, Advs. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satish Kumar, APP with Mr. Aditya Vikram Singh, Ms. Upasana Bakshi and Ms. Divya Bakshi, Advocates with SI Pawan Kumar, PS.: Vasant Kunj South Mr. Vikas Sharma and Ms. Aayushi Gupta and Mr. Ashutosh, Advs. for complainant CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE O R D E R % 24.07.2026 1. By virtue of the present application under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks grant of anticipatory bail in proceedings arising out of the FIR No.207/2026 dated 03.04.2026 registered at PS.: Vasant Kunj South, Delhi under Sections 115(2)/332(c)/324/50/351(2)/309(6)/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (BNS). 2. As per FIR, at about 01:30 AM on the intervening night of 30/31.03.2026 while the complainant was discharging his duties as an IT Manager during a work audit at a grocery shop, one person allegedly entered the premises, abused and assaulted the staff, and thereafter returned along with his associates, who, further assaulted the complainant 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 28/07/2026 at 11:12:56 and his colleagues, caused damage to the shop property, and robbed the complainant of his gold chain before fleeing from the spot. Soon thereafter, a PCR call qua the said incident was made, and on the basis of the complainant’s written complaint, the present FIR came to be registered. 3. During investigation, the MLCs of the injured were collected, accused persons namely Devesh Malik, Ashish and the present applicant were identified, statements of the complainant and other victims were recorded, and the CCTV footage was also obtained. 4. Issue notice. Learned APP as also learned counsel for the complainant accept notice. 5. In this factual backdrop, this Court has heard learned counsel(s) for the applicant, for the complainant and learned APP as also gone through the documents on record. 6. At the outset, learned APP and learned counsel for the complainant both seek to rely upon a copy of order dated 20.04.2026 passed by a Co- ordinate Bench of this Court in BAIL APPL. 1449/2026, which, after being handed over in Court is taken on record. Based thereon, they submit that a perusal thereof reveals that earlier in a similar application wherein the very same applicant had previously sought the same relief of anticipatory bail, the Court had the occasion to go through the CCTV footage in question and as recorded therein the involvement of the present applicant is very much discernible therefrom. 7. In fact, this Court finds that the same has been duly noted in the order dated 11.07.2026 passed by the learned ASJ-04, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi whereby the last bail application for seeking 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 28/07/2026 at 11:12:56 anticipatory bail by the applicant has since been dismissed. In fact, it is recorded therein as under:- “… …in the CCTV footage displayed by the counsel for the applicant, it is clearly visible that in white / cream shirt, applicant came and started beating the store employees brutally and he kicked the employees and continuously hit them with kicks and fists while the store employees were fallen on the ground. However, in the pictures filed at Page No. 62, 63 and 64 from the same CCTV footage are selective and filed in a manner in which applicant Mohit Malik is shown to be standing at one of the pictures at Page No. 64, however, in the video he is brutally beating the employees of the store.” [Emphasis supplied] 8. Moreover, learned APP, upon instructions from the Investigating Officer (IO) present in Court, submits that the applicant has neither joined nor participated in the investigation. In fact, despite issuance of Non- Bailable Warrants (NBWs) by the learned Trial Court vide order dated 04.06.2026, he is still evading arrest for the past nearly two months now. 9. Taking note of the overall facts and circumstances, the conduct of the applicant herein, as also there not being any change in circumstances since the passing of the order dated 11.07.2026, and lastly since his involvement is prima facie discernible from the CCTV footage of the incident, the present anticipatory bail application, alongwith the pending application(s) if any, is dismissed. 10. Needless to say, expression of view(s) on the merits, if any, are solely for the purposes of adjudication of the present application and shall have no bearing on the overall case/ trial involved. SAURABH BANERJEE, J JULY 24, 2026/bh/DA 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. 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