VINAY SHARMA vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: 1st August, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1626/2025 VINAY SHARMA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya Aggarwal, Mr. Manas Aggarwal, Mr. Naveen Panwar, Mohd. Yasir and Mr. Manvi Gupta, Advs. versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for State. SI Rajendra Meena, Anti-Narcotics, Squad West, Delhi. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MONGA ARUN MONGA, J. (Oral) 1. Claiming himself to be falsely implicated, the applicant herein is before this Court seeking bail for alleged offences committed in FIR No. 349/2022 under Section 20 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (“NDPS Act”), registered at Police Station Inder Puri, West, Delhi. 2. Succinctly speaking, per FIR, the prosecution’s case is that on 10.08.2022 at around 9:00 AM, ASI Karan Singh received a secret tip-off that one Vinay Sharma, a resident of Bihar, who allegedly supplies ganja in Signature Not Verified Signed By:RENUKA BAIL APPLN. 1626/2025 Page 1 of 7 NEGI Signing Date:01.08.2025 08:52:20 various areas of Delhi, would be arriving near Todapur Village Road between 10:00 and 10:30 AM for this purpose. Acting on the information, a raiding team comprising ASI Karan Singh, HC Vijay, HC Lekhraj, and the secret informer, all in civil attire, departed from the Narcotics Squad office and arrived the specified location at approximately 10:10 AM. Around 10:20 AM, an auto arrived from which a man alighted carrying a white bag in his hand and a black bag on his shoulder; the secret informer identified him as the applicant, Vinay Sharma, and then left the scene. ASI Karan Singh alerted his team and moved to apprehend the applicant, who, upon spotting the police, dropped his bag and attempted to flee into the village