VIVEK KUMAR vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~2 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: December 12, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1552/2025 VIVEK KUMAR .....Applicant Through: Mr. Vatan Tripathi, Adv. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State. SI Jagbir, Anti Narcotics Cell North. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN AMIT MAHAJAN, J. (Oral) 1. The present application is filed by the applicant seeking regular bail in FIR No. 192/2023 dated 25.03.2023, registered at Police Station Subzi Mandi, for offences under Sections 20/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’). 2. The FIR was registered pursuant to a secret information received on 24.03.2023 that two persons, namely, Sonu Kumar and the applicant are involved in drug trafficking activities and would be coming in an auto rikshaw of one Mehboob Ali to Subzi Mandi area to supply a huge consignment of Ganja between 09:30 PM to 10:30 PM. It is alleged that a raiding party was constituted and the accused persons were apprehended in an auto rikshaw being driven by co-accused Mehboob Ali. On search, 20 kg of Ganja was recovered from the foot rest of Signature Not Verified Signed By:DEEPANSHU BAIL APPLN. 1552/2025 Page 1 of 9 Signing Date:12.12.2025 20:08:22 passenger seat of the Auto Rickshaw. During the course of interrogation, the disclosure statements made by the accused persons allegedly led to a further recovery of 290 kg of Ganja (that is, 125 kg and 165 kg of Ganja respectively from two different locations). 3. The learned counsel for the applicant submits that applicant has been falsely implicated in the present case and he is innocent. 4. He submits that despite the fact that the recovery was made from an auto rikshaw in a public place, no public witness joined th