MANJULA vs STATE OF NCT DELHI

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 15.04.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3645/2024 MANJULA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Kuldeep Naagar, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP for State with Inspector Niraj Kumar, PS Sarita Vihar, Inspector D.K. Tejwan, PCR Unit & SI Ravi Yadav, PS Lajpat Nagar CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks anticipatory bail in case FIR No. 297/2024 of PS Lajpat Nagar for offence under Section 20 NDPS Act. Broadly speaking, the case set up by prosecution is as follows. On 25.07.2024 at 05:30pm, on the basis of secret information, raid was conducted in the jhuggi of the accused/applicant and since she was not present there, lock of the jhuggi was broken by the IO. Inside the jhuggi, the raiding team found one weighing machine and three QR Codes pasted on a wall. The raiding team also found in the jhuggi total 3.69 kg of ganja and cash amount of Rs.10,620/-. All the recovered articles were seized by the Investigating Officer after converting the same into cloth pulandas. BAIL APPLN. 3645/2024 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.04.15 18:23:03 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:15.04.2025 18:57:29 2. As reflected from proceedings conducted before the predecessor bench, the accused/applicant was not found at her jhuggi at the time of the alleged raid because she had flown to Chennai a day before the alleged raid since her husband had passed away. 3. On behalf of accused/applicant, it is contended that she is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. It is contended that nothing incriminating was recovered from possession of the accused/applica