$~5 & 6 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 17.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1725/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 972/2025 PAWAN KUMAR MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ronak Gupta, Ms. Nazia Parveen, Mr. Navjot Singh and Mr. Kunwar Samrat Solanki Advocate.

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

+ BAIL APPLN. 1782/2025 & CRL.M.(BAIL) 1016/2025 UDIT MISHRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ronak Gupta, Ms. Nazia Parveen, Mr. Navjot Singh and Mr. Kunwar Samrat Solanki Advocate.

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

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

1. The accused/applicants seek anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 171/2025 of PS I.P. Estate for offence under Section 420/467/468/471/34 D Si i g gi n ta a l t l u y r S e i g N n o ed t Verified G KA IR T I H SH P ALIA DD24ops52D e .5 76 uo iN a 5 r g 5 0f =s t i . a :4 a i e t 6 9 t H c , al . : a 9 9 2 N = c lI 2 l C a 6 G n 0I u 0 yN f b o = = H3 m 2 4 s, d 8 G 9 6 i C o 0be g 46 .I = 0 f O R =e 0 n 2 8 2I H r 1 1Uc e 0S = . d6 1 1 Id Hc R G d f 0 d 7 b T b b 3 H K 0 8 d 1 4 y O e A 0 8 2 8 C 8 83 G F 9 Te : O 3 6 1 , H b I e D5 7 R s 3 U2 eP t dE 9 I : R = 7 6 5 S A L4 6 H a 0 T 3 DH L 3 4 7 4 I O - e 5 5 I K A 7 0 0 ,l fC 1 AF h b 2 8 9 e I T i c ' 27D D 0 ,c 4 H f6 4 E 0 6 - 8 2 P 5 L ' 5 7 7 6 AH c f 0 9 c 0 LI 4 6 a , 7 I A 7c 5 e b c6 4 f 5 a3 a 8d ,f 8 0 e 1 , 1 c 5e IPC. The accused/applicant Pawan Kumar Mishra is father of the accused/applicant Udit Mishra.

2. These anticipatory bail applications, listed before me for the first time, are pending since May 2025 and are part of 179 old pending bail applications assigned to this bench by way of transfer from different benches. Despite that, none appears for accused/applicants. That is apparently because both accused/applicants were granted interim protection from arrest by the predecessor bench. Having been granted interim protection on date to date basis, the accused/applicants have taken an impression that they can get the matter adjourned endlessly.

2.1 At this stage during dictation, the arguing counsel Mr. Ronak Gupta, Advocate has appeared and I have heard him as well as learned prosecutor.

3. Broadly speaking, allegation against the accused/applicant is that being a tenant in the premises, the accused/applicant Pawan Kumar Mishra forged an electricity bill to obtain water connection in his name in the said tenanted premises.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel for accused/applicants that there is a dispute between the present accused/applicants and their landlord, who tried to forcibly evict them from the tenanted property so on their complaint FIR No.175/2023 was registered by the local police on 20.06.2023. It is as a D Si i g gi n ta a l t l u y r S e i g N n o ed t Verified G KA IR T I H SH P ALIA DD25ops7fDa e .6 0 uo iN a 5 , r g 9 9 =s tc i .:4 a i e t a 9n t H c al . : f a 6 2 N = = 3 lI 2 l C b G 0I G 9 u 0 yN 4 o = H6 m 2I 0 s R , d 82 6 i C o fI be g 4c . 8S = 0 O=e 06 n H0 2 H r 1f 1U e c = b .K d 1 1 Id b R G 4 d A 0 d 7 d T b 8 3 H 0 8 T 2 1 3 y O e0 H 8 e 8 C 5 83 G F 9 eP: O d 6 1 , b e I A D4 7 R s 3 U2 6 t L E3 9 I : R = 7 0 4 S I L5 6 A H a 4 T 3 DHf 4 7 0 9 O - e5 I K 7 2 0 7,lC 1 AF h b c 8 6 e I 4 T i ' 22D D 0 ,c 8 H f6 4 E 0 6 - 7 c P 5 L ' 5 7 9 a AH c f 0c 60 LI c4 5 , 7 I a A 7 f e b ,6 4 85 3 a 0d f 8 1 e 1 , e c 52 4 56 5 matter of counter-blast, according to learned counsel, that the landlord connived with the local police and got registered the current FIR. Further, it is submitted by learned counsel that the alleged forgery of the electricity bill took place in the year 2023 but the incident was reported for the first time by the landlord on 03.04.2025. It is also contended that multiple civil litigations between the accused/applicants and landlord as well as between the accused/applicants and Delhi Jal Board were instituted.

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