$~45 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010464172026 + BAIL APPLN. 4095/2026 SHAHNAWAZ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vishal Kalra and Md. Talaf, Advocates versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Ms. Manjeet Arya, APP for State with IO/SI Sushil CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA O R D E R % 28.09.2026 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 87/2016 of PS Jaitpur for offence under Section 420/468/471/34 IPC. 2. Broadly speaking, allegation of prosecution is that the accused/applicants forged title deeds of an immovable property, showing the same to have been purchased from one Devender. Thereafter, the accused/applicant and his wife sold away that property to complainant de facto. The property was sold to complainant de facto in the year 2014 and the FIR was registered in 2016 and it is now in 2026 that the IO wants to arrest the accused/applicant for alleged fraud and forgery. 3. Learned APP for State, assisted by IO/SI Sushil, submits that Devender in his statement denied being owner of the subject property and to having executed any document. It is also stated by the IO that the subject 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 30/09/2026 at 11:04:57 property was owned by MGF, but appropriate evidence in that regard is being collected. 4. In the above circumstances, learned APP for State, on instructions of IO, submits that presently, the investigation is at nascent stage and the IO is yet to collect sufficient evidence on the basis whereof the accused/applicant can be arrested. That being so, learned APP for State submits that as and when the IO is able to collect sufficient evidence to arrest the accused/applicant, he shall issue a written notice to the accused/applicant granting him at least ten days to apply afresh for anticipatory bail. 5. In view of the above statement of learned prosecutor, learned counsel for accused/applicant seeks permission to withdraw this anticipatory bail application with liberty to file afresh before the Court of Sessions after service of the pre-arrest notice. 6. It is specifically directed that prior to his arrest, the accused/applicant shall be given at least ten days notice in advance so that he may approach the Court of Sessions for anticipatory bail. 7. Accordingly with above observations, the anticipatory bail application is dismissed as withdrawn with liberty as sought. However, the accused/applicant shall join investigation as and when directed in writing by the IO. GIRISH KATHPALIA, J SEPTEMBER 28, 2026/as 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 30/09/2026 at 11:04:57