$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3713/2024 MOHD FARUQ @ RAJU .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Anirudh Tanwar, Advocate.

versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with IO/Inspector Ramesh Kumar.

CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL)

1. The applicant/accused seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 185/2016 of Police Station S.P. Badli for the offence under Section 302/201/411/34 IPC. 2. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant and learned APP for State assisted by IO/Inspector Ramesh Kumar.

3. Broadly speaking, the case of the prosecution, which is based on purely circumstantial evidence is as follows. The first informant Pankaj Mishra stated that on 20.02.2016, his maternal cousin Bindeswari Mishra, who is a truck driver on Delhi-Kolkata route called him up at 04:30pm-

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