BAIL APPLN. 3346/2026 $~72 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010380122026 + BAIL APPLN. 3346/2026 & CRL.M.A. 25058/2026 RAKESH KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jitender Kumar, Mr. Kunal Kalra and Mr. Rishu Singh, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tarang Srivastava, APP. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 17.08.2026 1. By way of this application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 422/2025, dated 14.05.2025, lodged at Police Station Kotwali, District North, Delhi, under Sections 305/3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. After some arguments, Mr. Jitender Kumar, learned counsel for the applicant, seeks permission to withdraw this application. However, he seeks a direction upon the Trial Court to expedite the proceedings. If such a request is made to the Trial Court, the Trial Court is requested to consider the same and expedite the proceedings to the extent possible, having regard to its own Board and the age of the matters pending before it. 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 19/08/2026 at 11:48:27 BAIL APPLN. 3346/2026 3. The bail application, alongwith pending application, is dismissed as withdrawn in terms of the above. 4. It is clarified that this Court has not made any observation on the merits of the case, and all rights and contentions of the parties before the Trial Court are left open in accordance with law. PRATEEK JALAN, J AUGUST 17, 2026 ‘pv/SM/KA’/ 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 19/08/2026 at 11:48:27