AKHTARUL SEIKH vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 04.12.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 09.12.2025 Judgment uploaded on: 09.12.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4092/2025 AKHTARUL SEIKH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya Aggarwal, Mr. Vijay Kinger and Mr. Naveen Panwar, Advocates versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State with SI Ankit Kumar CORAM: HON’BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The applicant has preferred this application, seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 56/2024, registered at Police Station Special Cell, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 21/22/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [hereafter „NDPS Act‟] and Section 174A of Indian Penal Code, 1860 [hereafter „IPC‟]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case as per the prosecution are that on 21.02.2024, specific intelligence was received BAIL APPLN. 4092/2025 Page 1 of 7 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:09.12.2025 15:19:28 by the Special Cell, Saket, Delhi, regarding three inter-state drug suppliers arriving near Rajghat Depot, Delhi, to deliver a consignment of heroin. Acting upon this information, a trap was laid by the Special Cell team, and around 3:00 PM, three individuals, i.e. Prakash Paudyel, Arjun Paudyel, and Dilli Ram were apprehended from near the Rajghat Depot main gate. Notices under Section 50 of the NDPS Act were served upon them, but all three refused to have their search conducted before a gazetted officer or Magistrate. Nevertheless, ACP/SR arrived at the spot, and searches were conducted in his presence. Three transparent polythene bags containing brown-coloured powder were