SAHIL ARORA vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~50 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 01.08.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2872/2025 & CRL.M.A. 22350/2025 SAHIL ARORA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Shekhar Nanavaty, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahlawat, APP for State with IO/SI Rajinder CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA JUDGMENT (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 617/2025 of PS Hari Nagar for offence under Section 20/25/29 NDPS Act. Broadly speaking, the case set up by prosecution is that two persons namely, Ritik and Asif were apprehended on the basis of a secret information, and intermediate quantity of ganja was recovered from them; that the accused Ritik in his disclosure statement named the present accused/applicant as the supplier of ganja. Hence, the accused/applicant was apprehended and arrested. 2. Learned APP accepts notice. BAIL APPLN. 2872/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages Digitally signed by GIRISH Signature Not Verified GIRISH KATHPALIA KATHPALIA Date: 2025.08.01 18:32:50 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:01.08.2025 18:41:01 3. It being an issue of liberty, with consent of both sides, I heard arguments and examined the investigation file produced by IO/SI Rajender. 4. On behalf of accused/applicant, it is argued that he is innocent and has been falsely implicated in this case. Learned counsel for accused/applicant submits that the disclosure statement of Ritik is not a legally admissible evidence against the accused/applicant. 5. On the other hand, learned APP assisted by the IO, in all fairness does not seriously object to the bail application, though he submits that according to the status report filed before the Court of Sessions, there is evidence in the form of exchange of phone chats and pictures of g