$~J-2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 15.12.2025 Judgment delivered on: 23.01.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 406/2025 SHUKVINDER SINGH @ SANJU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sidhanth Mor, Mr. Laxmi Narayan and Ms. Simran Aggarwal, Advs.

Versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tarang Srivastava, APP for State with Insp. Sudhir Rathi P.S. Narela Industrial Area, Delhi.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE VIKAS MAHAJAN

JUDGMENT

VIKAS MAHAJAN, J

1. The present application has been filed under Section 483 BNSS seeking regular bail in connection with FIR No. 50/2019 under Sections 302/120B/34 IPC read with Sections 25/27/54/59 of the Arms Act registered at PS Narela Industrial Area.

2. The case of the prosecution is that on 01.02.2019, a PCR call regarding murder was received at PS Narela Industrial Area. The IO reached at the informed spot and found the deceased, namely Vikas, lying in a pool of blood inside an Eeco Van having gunshot injuries on his face. Based on the DD entry, the case was registered

3. The complainant namely, Hansraj, who was found present by the police at the spot alongwith his brother Mr. Raj Bahadur (father of deceased), stated that marriage of their niece was fixed on 19.02.2019 and since there was death threat to the deceased by a village rogue who is also a co-accused in the present case namely, Dushyant @ Monu, and for that particular reason complainant came to Maan Public School where deceased was working as a van driver, for giving marriage card to the deceased, who was residing somewhere in Rohini. He further stated that after reaching near the school, he heard the sound of a gunshot. Thereafter, three persons came running from the front, out of which two were carrying arms, and all three persons fled away in a golden-colour Honda City Car bearing registration no. DL-3C-AK-5231, in which two other persons were already sitting. After reaching at the spot, he found that the deceased had been shot dead with a bullet in his head.

4. He further stated that he had seen the assailants earlier with co- accused Dushyant @ Monu at his house about 2-3 days before the incident, and he is sure that Dushyant @ Monu had sent these assailants to murder the deceased.

5. During investigation, after examination of Honda City Car, it was found that blood marks were present on the seat cover of the car. It was also found that the CCTV footage of the CCTV cameras installed at the gate of Maan Public School is not a footage of crime scene as the same was out of cameras’ range, but it shows the clip where the accused person's car is seen following the car of the deceased and approximately 5 minutes later accused person's car is seen returning.

6. In the investigation, it also came to light that the deceased had an old rivalry with co-accused Dushyant @ Monu and as per the status report the deceased was not visiting the village Pooth Khurd due to threat of death by Dushyant @ Monu.

7. On 15.02.2019, petitioner and one co-accused Sunil @ Bhura were arrested and they disclosed about their involvement in the murder of deceased.

8. The firearms were recovered from the accused persons, i.e., the petitioner herein and co-accused Sunil @ Bhura. The petitioner and other co-accused persons were identified by the public person who had made the video of the accused shooting at deceased. The petitioner and co-accused Sunil were identified by the witness of the crime scene, namely, Hansraj.

9. Mr. Siddhant Mor, learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner submits that the case of the prosecution hinges on the statements of two eye witnesses, namely, Hansraj and Sumit. He submits that Hansraj was examined by the prosecution as PW-5 and during his examination-in- chief, recorded on 14.07.2025, he pointed towards accused Sunil and Shukvinder Singh (petitioner herein) being the persons who had fired gunshots on deceased Vikas. However, in his cross-examination recorded on 17.07.2025, he stated that three assa