BAIL APPLN. 3772/2026 $~108 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010426672026 + BAIL APPLN. 3772/2026 & CRL.M.A. 27946/2026 SUNNY ALIES LALU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Manish Pratap Singh, Mr. Mayank Agarwal, Mr. Rakesh Singh, Mr. Ravi Kumar, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP. SI Yashveer Sharma, Insp. Sachin Kumar. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 09.09.2026 1. By way of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 691/2023 dated 09.11.2023, registered at Police Station Govindpuri, for offences punishable under Sections 302/34 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 [“IPC’]. Upon completion of investigation, a chargesheet has been filed, whereupon charges under Sections 307/324/341 of IPC have been added. 2. The applicant’s previous application for bail was dismissed by the learned Sessions Court vide order dated 13.10.2025, inter alia, noting that 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 14/09/2026 at 15:47:11 BAIL APPLN. 3772/2026 the prosecution evidence was yet to commence, and that the complainant/eye-witnesses, alongwith the other material witnesses, were yet to be examined. 3. Mr. Manish Pratap Singh, learned counsel for the applicant, submits that PW-1 has since been partly examined but has not been appearing regularly before the learned Sessions Court, while the complainant is yet to be examined, resulting in an inordinate delay in the progress of the trial. Mr. Singh, therefore, submits that the applicant is entitled to bail on account of the delay in progress of the trial. 4. It is evident from the aforesaid that the applicant last approached the learned Sessions Court for bail approximately eleven months ago and it is his contention that, since then, the trial has not progressed substantially. 5. Having regard to the aforesaid submissions, particularly the contention regarding delay in the trial on account of the alleged non- appearance of PW-1 and the complainant, I am of the view that the applicant may approach the learned Trial Court at the appropriate stage, particularly if the recording of evidence of the complainant and the other material witnesses is further inordinately delayed. 6. Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State, assures the Court that the prosecution shall endeavour to expedite the recording of evidence and ensure expeditious progress of the trial. 7. In view of the aforesaid, the present application, along with the pending application, is disposed of at this stage with the aforesaid observations. 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 14/09/2026 at 15:47:11 BAIL APPLN. 3772/2026 8. 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 SEPTEMBER 9, 2026 ‘B’/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 14/09/2026 at 15:47:11