Gurpal Singh v. The State Govt. Of NCT Of Delhi
$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 3952/2024 GURPAL SINGH .....Petitioner Through:
Mr. Ashish K. Gupta and Mr. Sidhant Ranta, Advocates.
versus THE STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through:
Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State.
SI Vikrant Singh, Special Cell.
CORAM:
HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MONGA
O R D E R
% 23.07.2025 1.
The applicant before this Court is an undertrial/ co-accused along with 8 others (total 9 accused, of which, one is a juvenile) and seeks bail having been declined the same by the Trial Court vide order dated 05.09.2024. The allegations in the FIR are qua offences under Sections120-B/115/201 IPC read with Section 302 IPC and Section 25 of Arms Act, 1959 registered at Police Station Special Cell, New Delhi.
2.
The applicant was arrested along with co-accused on 30.04.2024 and has been under preventive custody since then, i.e. for almost more than a year now. Chargesheet has already been filed and the trial has commenced and thus, the investigation is over.
3.
Learned counsel for the applicant, at the very outset, argues that all the other 8 co-accused have been granted the concession of bail by the learned Trial Court and on the ground of parity alone, the applicant ought to The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/07/2025 at 11:54:48
be meted out with similar treatment.
4.
On a Court query put to learned APP as to the role attributed to the applicant vis-a-vis co-accused, it turns out that all the co-accused are somewhat similarly situated. She points out that out of 8 other co-accused with whom the applicant seeks parity, from 6, recoveries were made. Nothing was recovered from the other three. The applicant is one of those 6 from whom recovery was made. Thus, his role is no different from the other co-accused.
5.
Given that the trial has already commenced and investigation is complete and since the other co-accused have been let out on bail, as well as on the ground of parity coupled with duration of incarceration, I am of the view that the applicant is entitled to the concession of bail during pendency of trial as no useful purpose would be served to keep him in further preventive custody.
6.
Accordingly, subject to the same conditions which have been imposed on the other co-accused while granting the bail, the instant application is also allowed in similar terms. The applicant shall be released on bail during pendency of the trial on submitting the bail bonds to the satisfaction of the Trial Court/ Duty Judge, subject to the same conditions as already noted in bail order dated 06.06.2025 passed by the learned Trial Court. 7.
Bail application is disposed of accordingly.
ARUN MONGA, J JULY 23, 2025/kd The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 25/07/2025 at 11:54:48