ABDUL MALIK ALIAS PARVEZ vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~4 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 29.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2465/2025 ABDUL MALIK ALIAS PARVEZ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Akshay Bhandari and Mr. Anmol Sachdeva, Advocates versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for State with Inspector Arvind Kumar and ASI Mahesh Kumar, AGS/Crime Branch CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 10/24 of PS Crime Branch for offence under Section 20/23/29 of NDPS Act. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicant as well as learned APP for State assisted by IO/Inspector Arvind Kumar. 2. Broadly speaking, quantity of the ganja allegedly recovered at the instance of the accused/applicant is only 871grams, which is a small quantity and possession thereof is a bailable offence; but the larger issue is the allegation that the accused/applicant is a part of an international drug BAIL APPLN. 2465/2025 Page 1 of 5 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af3962c6fb4835d435f9762 6cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, KATHPALIA st=Delhi, serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b40f80cbd2eee60402c48 7965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.29 17:08:36 -07'00' Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:29.08.2025 17:37:02 syndicate and in the present FIR, the alleged recovery of 5137 grams of ganja (which in itself is not a commercial quantity) is connected to the accused/applicant as he is involved in conspiracy, punishable under Section 29 of the NDPS Act. 2.1 The factual matrix as alleged by prosecution is as follows. At the Foreign Post Office (FPO), f