BAIL APPLN. 2975/2026 1 $~92 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 2975/2026 MR. NAVEEN KHATRI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sumeet Shokeen, Advocate. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Sunil Kumar Gautam, APP for State along with SI Amandeep. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 29.07.2026 1. Applicant seeks interim bail to undergo a nasal surgery. 2. Applicant is accused in a murder case in FIR No. 0267/2024 dated 16.08.2024 registered at Police Station Najaf Garh under Section 103(1) of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 (corresponding Section 302 IPC). 3. He was arrested on 17.08.2024. 4. The case is at the stage of prosecution evidence and it is informed that out of the 29 cited witnesses, the prosecution has, so far, examined 4 witnesses. 5. When the applicant prayed for interim bail by moving application before the learned Trial Court, the application was dismissed while observing that the surgery had already been scheduled at Lady Hardinge Medical College and, therefore, there was no requirement of granting interim bail, merely for surgery to be done at a private hospital, at his own cost. 6. The Medical Status Report dated 09.07.2026 is already on record. It is by the Medical Officer-in-Charge, Central Jail Dispensary, Tihar and the relevant part of the report is extracted as under:- “Inmate patient is suffering from Bronchial Asthma with Progressive DNS (Deviated Nasal Septum}, epistaxis (nasal bleed). Inmate patient is 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 30/07/2026 at 14:21:17 BAIL APPLN. 2975/2026 2 having episodes of shortness of breathing with acute exacerbation intermittently despite on medications and pain in abdomen due to muscle hypertrophy and Grade 2 fatty liver. He is also advised Surgery (Septoplasty) by Lady Hardinge Hospital for his breathing difficulty. At present, Inmate patient is admitted in Ml Room of Jail dispensary for his complaints of breathing difficulty, nasal bleed, weakness and Bronchial Asthma.” 7. During course of the consideration, learned counsel for the applicant submitted that applicant would get himself operated upon at Max Hospital, Shalimar Bagh. 8. The next date of hearing before the learned Trial Court is stated to be 07.08.2026. 9. Keeping in mind the overall facts and circumstances of the case and the abovesaid report given by jail doctor, the application is allowed and applicant is admitted to interim bail for a period of four weeks to be reckoned from 08.08.2026 on his furnishing personal bond in a sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one local surety of the like amount subject to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court/Chief Judicial Magistrate/Duty Judicial Magistrate First Class. 10. It is also made clear if the intended surgery does not take place within the period of two weeks from the date of his release, the applicant, without any further direction from this Court, would, himself, surrender. It is also clarified that no request for extension of his interim bail shall be entertained. 11. The application is disposed of in aforesaid terms. 12. A copy of the order be sent to the learned Trial Court and Jail Superintended for information. MANOJ JAIN, J JULY 29, 2026/nr/pb 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 30/07/2026 at 14:21:17