LALI vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 20.02.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2507/2024 LALI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. J. P. Singh, Mr. Hemant Sharma and Ms. Tanishka, Advocates versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Laksh Khanna, APP for State with SI Rajendra Meena, P.S. Anti- Narcotics Squad, West District % CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA ORDER MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J (ORAL): 1. The present application has been filed seeking grant of regular bail in FIR bearing no. 0467/2023 dated 07.08.2023 under Section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’) registered at Police Station (P.S.) Khyala, Delhi. Brief facts 2. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the status report is that on 07.08.2023, on basis of a secret information, a raiding team had reached near Shiv Hardware Road No.28, Raghubir Nagar, New Delhi. It is alleged that at about 12:10 PM, at the instance of a secret informer, the Applicant was apprehended, who was carrying a white color polythene in her hand. Thereafter a notice was served under Section 50 of NDPS Act wherein she Signature Not Verified Signed By:HEMANT PRATAP SINGH BAIL APPLN. 2507/2024 Page 1 of 13 Signing Date:22.02.2025 09:51:26 waived of her right to be searched in presence of any Gazetted officer or Magistrate and from the said bag there was a recovery of 100 grams of Heroin. 2.1. It is stated that after due compliance of mandatory provisions of the NDPS Act, subject FIR was registered and further investigation was initiated. It is stated that thereafter pursuant to her arrest on 07.08.2023 and being in police custody, much later upon the disclosure of the Applicant, an additional 170 grams of Heroin was recovered from her house i.e. A-63