BAIL APPLN. 3261/2026 $~77 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010369312026 + BAIL APPLN. 3261/2026 & CRL.M.As. 24430-24431/2026 ISTKAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. R.P.S. Bhatti, Advocate. versus THE STATE (GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP SI Vikram Singh, PS Welcome. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 12.08.2026 1. By way of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 412/2024, dated 22.07.2024, registered at Police Station Welcome, North-East District, Delhi, for offences punishable under Section 109(1) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 [“BNS”], and Section 27 of the Arms Act, 1959 [“Arms Act”]. 2. Upon completion of the investigation, the chargesheet was filed on 05.10.2024, wherein, in addition to the offences initially alleged, offence punishable under Section 3(5) of the BNS was added, alongwith the offence under Section 25 of the Arms Act. 3. At the outset, Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor, submits that the criminal proceedings presently 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 14/08/2026 at 11:25:27 BAIL APPLN. 3261/2026 involve offences punishable under Sections 109(1) and 3(5) of the BNS. He further submits that charges are yet to be framed, and the injured victims are yet to be examined. 4. Without addressing the merits of the matter, Mr. R.P.S. Bhatti, learned counsel for the applicant, seeks permission to withdraw the present application, with liberty to approach the learned Sessions Court at the appropriate stage, in accordance with law. 5. In case the applicant seeks expeditious disposal of the proceedings before the learned Trial Court, the learned Trial Court is requested to consider such request in accordance with its Board and the age of the matters pending before it. Mr. Chauhan assures the Court that the prosecution shall extend its cooperation with any directions that may be passed by the learned Trial Court in this regard. 6. The bail application, alongwith pending applications, is dismissed as withdrawn, in terms of the above submission. 7. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case or on any application that may be filed by the applicant hereafter, which shall be considered by the appropriate Court on its own merits, in accordance with law. PRATEEK JALAN, J AUGUST 12, 2026 ‘pv’/SD/ 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 14/08/2026 at 11:25:27