JITENDRA vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~10 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 24.02.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 333/2025 JITENDRA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Amit Poonia, Advocate versus STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Laksh Khanna, APP for the State % CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J (ORAL): 1. This petition has been filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (‘BNSS’) seeking regular bail in FIR No. 292/2022 dated 20.12.2022 registered at Police Station (P.S) Crime Branch for offences under Section 20/25/29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’). Brief facts 2. The brief facts of the case are that on 20.12.2022, on the basis of a secret information it was informed that two persons namely Chandrashekhar and Applicant/Jitender are residents of Delhi, however, they procure Ganja from Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh and supply it in Delhi. It was further informed that on the same day i.e. 20.12.2022 around 10:00 AM-l0:30 AM Signature Not Verified Signed By:RASHMI DABAS BAIL APPLN. 333/2025 Page 1 of 11 Signing Date:26.02.2025 19:28:38 the said two persons i.e. Chandrashekhar and Applicant/Jitender would come in a golden colour Honda City Car bearing No. DL-2CQ-3721 on Burari - Swaroop Nagar road, Delhi to deliver consignment of Ganja to someone. 2.1 Thereafter a raiding team had reached on the said spot and the said two persons i.e., Chandrashekhar and Applicant/Jitender were apprehended. It is stated that Applicant/Jitender was sitting in a rear seat of the car and one plastic bag containing 23 kgs of Ganja was recovered from him and simultaneously, the co-accused Chander Shekar was sitting at the driver’s seat and another plastic bag containing 23 kgs of Ganja