Delhi High Court
Priya Lodhi @ Neha vs State Nct Of Delhi on 9 June, 2025
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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI
% Date of Decision: 09.06.2025
+ BAIL APPLN. 1531/2025
PRIYA LODHI @ NEHA .....Petitioner
Through: Mr. Nishank Tyagi, Advocate.
versus
STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent
Through: Ms. Kiran Bairwa, APP for State with
SI Rahul Rathi, PS Sangam Vihar.
CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA
JUDGMENT (ORAL)
1. The accused/applicant seeks interim bail on medical grounds in case
FIR No. 448 of 2021 of PS Sangam Vihar for offence under Section
363/376/109/370/328/323/506/509 of IPC read with Section 6/17 of POCSO
and Section 3/4 of ITP Act.
2. Learned APP strongly opposes the bail application on the ground of
crucial stage of trial as prosecution apprehends that if granted interim bail,
the accused/applicant would try to influence the prosecutrix.
3. Since the interim bail sought by the accused/applicant is only on
medical ground, it is pointed out to the learned counsel for accused/applicant
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KATHPALIA Date: 2025.06.09
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Signing Date:09.06.2025
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that according to the report dated 03.06.2025 received from Medical Officer
In-charge of Central Jail No. 6, Tihar, New Delhi, the vitals of the
accused/applicant are stable and she is on medication for abnormal uterine
bleeding for which she is being regularly examined by the specialists and
doctors in the jail dispensary as well as Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Hospital.
However, learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that the application
be decided on the record already available.
4. Learned prosecutor also discloses that twice, similar applications of
the accused/applicant have already been disposed of by the predecessor
benches where one application was dismissed as withdrawn while the other
one was dismissed. This is not disputed by counsel for the
accused/applicant.
5. As mentioned above, the allegations against the accused/applicant are
very serious and the trial is at a crucial stage. Order dated 25.06.2024 of a
coordinate bench in Bail Application No. 1964/2024 has been shown to me
by the learned prosecutor, whereby the Bail Application of the
accused/applicant on same grounds as raised in this application, was
dismissed.
6. Further, since the interim bail sought by the accused/applicant is
solely on medical grounds, the Medical Status Report received from jail
becomes significant. According to the Medical Status Report dated
03.06.2025, the accused/applicant in compliance with directions of the
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Roster Bench was also sent to Safdarjung Hospital where she was examined
and advised few investigations including ultrasound. The ultrasound was
conducted on 03.06.2025 at Safdarjung Hospital where the accused/
applicant would be reviewed for the medical treatment after receipt of blood
reports. Further, according to the said Medical Status Report, vitals of the
accused/applicant are stable and she is being regularly examined and treated
in the dispensary of jail as well as in Deen Dayal Upadhayaya Hospital.
There is not even a whiff in the Medical Status Report that the ailment
suffered by the accused/applicant cannot be treated in the above named
hospitals. That being so, I find no reason to grant an interim bail at this stage
to the accused/applicant.
7. The application is accordingly dismissed.
Digitally signed by
GIRISH GIRISH KATHPALIA
KATHPALIA Date: 2025.06.09
14:19:17 +05'30'
GIRISH KATHPALIA
(JUDGE)
JUNE 09, 2025/DR
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Signing Date:09.06.2025
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