VAKIL RAY vs THE STATE(NCT OF DELHI)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 18.11.2025 Judgment pronounced on: 03.12.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3217/2025 & CRL.M.A. 24936/2025 VAKIL RAY ..... Applicant versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) ..... Respondent + BAIL APPLN. 3392/2025 & CRL.M.A. 26542/2025, CRL.M.A. 31771/2025 RISHIPAL ..... Applicant versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Applicant : Mr. Ankaj Giri, Adv. in BAIL APPLN. 3217/2025 Mr. Aditya Aggarwal and Mr. Naveen Panwar, Advs. in BAIL APPLN. 3392/2025 For the Respondent : Mr. Ritesh Kumar Bahri, APP for the State with Ms. Divya Yadav, Advocate. SI Prem Narayan, PS Anti Narcotics Cell, Dwarka. CORAM Signature Not Verified Signed By:HARMINDER KAUR BAIL APPLN. 3217/2025 & BAIL APPLN. 3392/2025 Signing Date:03.12.2025 Page 1 of 15 21:02:15 HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present applications are filed seeking regular bail in FIR No. 515/2024 dated 30.11.2024, registered at Police Station Najaf Garh for offences under Sections 8/20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’). 2. Briefly stated, on 30.11.2024, on the basis of a secret information, a raiding party was constituted, and thereafter a raid was conducted at Plot No. 155, Krishna Vihar, Najafgarh, New Delhi. It is alleged that thereafter, the applicant Rishipal was caught coming out of the said plot with a white coloured plastic katta in his hand. Upon checking the said bag, the same was allegedly found to contain 5.050Kg of ganja. It is alleged that upon further search, two more white coloured bags were found in the said plot, and a recovery of approximately 20.93 kg of ganja was effected. A video of the search and seizure was made on the e-Sakshya App. The applicant was thereaf