JUDGMENT (ORAL)

1. The accused/applicant seeks interim bail in FIR No.78/2018 of PS Special Cell for offence under Section 3 & 4 MCOC Act. The interim bail is sought by the accused/applicant on the ground of illness of his wife.

2. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that wife of the accused/applicant is suffering with severe depression to the extent that she has to be hospitalized and for that purpose, round the clock presence of the accused/applicant with her is required. In this regard, learned counsel for accused/applicant places reliance on prescription of Dr. Anurag Jhanjee from Department of Psychiatry of Maulana Azad Medical College.

3. Learned APP for State assisted by IO/ACP Vivek Tyagi strongly opposes the bail application, taking me through records including order dated 20.03.2026 of the learned trial court whereby on the basis of report submitted by Medical Board constituted at IHBAS to examine wife of the accused/applicant, interim bail application was dismissed. It is submitted that the accused/applicant is involved in 16 more cases of similar serious nature and grant of interim bail to the accused/applicant would not be safe.

4. So far as the prescription reli