CHAND vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 25.04.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1170/2025 CHAND .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Nitin Kumar, Mr. Devraj, Mr. Pankaj & Mr. Jitender Kumar, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for State. SI Manoj Kumar AEKC Crime Branch. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR SHALINDER KAUR, J. (ORAL) 1. The present petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita,2023 (BNSS) has been filed seeking Regular Bail in FIR No.206/2023 dated 22.08.2023, for the offences punishable under Section 15,18,25 and 29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) registered at Police Station Crime Branch, Delhi. BRIEF FACTS 2. As per the prosecution, the present case arises from information received by the Anti-Extortion and Kidnapping Cell Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEELAM BAIL APPLN. 1170/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:25.04.2025 20:17:30 (AEKC) of the Crime Branch, Delhi, on the morning of 22.08.2023. At approximately 07:15 AM, a special informant appeared at the AEKC, Sunlight Colony, and provided credible information that one Pappu (the co-accused), allegedly involved in the smuggling of a narcotic substance colloquially known as Opium Doda, was present in Delhi. The informant further disclosed that Pappu procures the said contraband through the parcel service of the Indian Railways and supplies it to various local smugglers within the Delhi region. On the said day, he was expected to take delivery of the contraband from the parcel office at Old Delhi Railway Station and, thereafter, transport it via tempos through the Kodia Pul for further distribution. 3. Upon receiving the aforesaid information, the Duty Officer made preliminary