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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

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Judgment reserved on: 15.09.2023

Judgment pronounced on: 19.09.2023

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BAIL APPLN. 1247/2023

KARAN CHANDELA

..... Petitioner

versus

THE STATE (GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI) ..... Respondent

Advocates who appeared in this case:

For the Petitioner :

Mr. Jatan Singh, Mr. Tushar Lamba and

Mr. Siddharth Singh, Advocates

For the Respondent :

Mr. Shoaib Haider, APP for State with

W/SI Chandrika, P.S. Tilak Nagar.

Mr. R.N. Shara, Mr. Shalabh Bhardwaj,

Mr. Nikhil Mann and Mr. Himanshu

Solanki, Advocates for R2/Complainant.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE TUSHAR RAO GEDELA

J U D G M E N T

TUSHAR RAO GEDELA, J.

[ The proceeding has been conducted through Hybrid mode ]

1.

The present application on behalf of the applicant has been filed

under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, seeking

regular bail in FIR No. 476/2019 dated 20.09.2019 registered u/s 306

IPC at P.S. Tilak Nagar, New Delhi.

2.

The case of the prosecution is as under:-

a.On 19/09/2019 at 07:55 PM, a PCR Call was received at

Digitally Signed

By:VINOD KUMAR

Signing Date:19.09.2023

17:12:31

Signature Not Verified

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P.S. Tilak Nagar regarding "a 19 years girl having hanged

herself, and she was declared ‘brought dead’ at Vashisth

Hospital, Ganga Ram Vatika", which was entrusted to S.I.

Vinod for investigation.

b.Thereafter, S.I. Vinod along with the staff, reached at the

said hospital and received MLC No 217/19 dated

19.09.2019 of Deceased (M) Age-19 with A/H/O brought

dead & history of strangulation/hanging. The dead body of

deceased (M) was got preserved in DDU Hospital Mortuary

for further necessary proceedings.

c.The spot i.e., 2 Floor, WZ-26A, Mukherjee Park, Tilak

Nagar, Delhi was visited by S.I. Vinod Kumar where a

multi-colored Chunni was tied with ceiling fan and a black

iron chair was laid on bed. Thereafter, the crime team was

informed and after inspecting, the above-mentioned Chunni

"ligature material" was cut in two pieces with the help of

knife and the same was sealed at the spot and taken in police

possession through seizure memo.

d.Investigation revealed that the main door of the house was

closed from inside and the door was opened by cutting grill

with the help of a person namely Vicky. Thereafter, the

mother of the deceased handed over a mobile i-phone-X,

black coloured and an Apple laptop which was used by the

deceased (M) and the same was taken in police possession

through a separate seizure memo.

e.That on 20.09.2019, the post mortem of deceased (M) was

Digitally Signed

By:VINOD KUMAR

Signing Date:19.09.2023

17:12:31

Signature Not Verified

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conducted at DDU Hospital Mortuary vide PM No. 1625/19

and after conducting Post Mortem, the doctor gave two

sealed pulanda of "Vaginal swab external & internal" and

"Clothes of deceased (M)" with the seal of DDUH PM, and

the exhibits were taken in police possession through seizure

memo and deposited in Malkhana and the same have been

sent to FSL Rohini for expert opinion.

f.On 20.09.2019, a case vide FIR No. 476/19 u/s 306 IPC,

1860 was registered on the statement of deceased's mother

"SD". The complainant stated that she resided with her

daughter M. On 19.09.2019 i.e. the date of incident, she

went to have her eyes checked at the Spectra Eye Hospital

in Greater Kailash. After getting free from there, she called

her daughter/deceased (M) at about 6 p.m., who did not pick

up the call. After that, at about 7 p.m., she got a call from

the deceased’s friend Ms.S saying that deceased (M) was

not picking up her phone. The complainant told her that she

would ask M to call her after reaching home. When she

reached home, despite ringing door bells, knocking on the

door and calling on the phone, nobody came to open the

door. She then c