BAIL APPLN. 202/2026 1 $~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 202/2026 PARMOD @ NONI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Suraj Prakash Sharma, Advocate. versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP with Insp. Ajay Katewa. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN O R D E R % 30.07.2026 1. Applicant seeks grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing No. 564/2022, registered at Police Station K.N. Katju Marg, Delhi for commission of offence punishable under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 2. The applicant is in custody since 15.01.2023. 3. The Nominal Roll of the applicant is on record which indicates that his incarceration period is of around 3 ½ years. He does not have any previous antecedents and his jail conduct is recorded as satisfactory. 4. During course of arguments, learned counsel for applicant submitted that, as per the directions given by this Court, all the material eye witnesses have already been examined and none of them have whispered anything against the applicant herein. 5. He submits that they all turned hostile and, despite cross examination conducted by the prosecution, nothing incriminating was said against the applicant. Reference is made to the testimony of PW-1 Manpreet Rana, PW-2 Rahul, PW-6 Jitender, PW-7 Ritik, PW-9 Ajay Rana, PW-10 Ajay, PW-11 Pradeep Kumar Pandey. 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 31/07/2026 at 13:32:03 BAIL APPLN. 202/2026 2 6. During course of arguments, the copies of their testimony were also placed on record. 7. Learned APP for the State, on instructions from IO, submits that all the material eye-witnesses have been examined and, unfortunately, they have not supported the case of prosecution. He, however, submits that there is a CCTV footage which shows complicity of accused. 8. Be that as it may, keeping in mind the period of incarceration and the hostile testimony of the material eye-witnesses, albeit, without expressing any opinion over the merits of the case, the applicant is, hereby, directed to be released on bail on his furnishing personal bond in a sum of Rs. 25,000/- with one surety of like amount, subject to the satisfaction of learned Trial Court/CMM/Duty Magistrate with the following conditions:- a) Surety would be local. b) Applicant shall appear before the learned Trial Court regularly on date(s) fixed. c) Applicant/accused shall not come in contact of any witness, directly or indirectly. d) The applicant/accused shall provide his mobile number to the investigating officer and shall keep the same operational all the time, till the disposal of the case. 9. The application stands disposed of in aforesaid terms. 10. A copy of this order be sent to the learned Trial Court and also to the Jail Superintendent for necessary information and compliance. MANOJ JAIN, J JULY 30, 2026/sw/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 31/07/2026 at 13:32:03