SHEIKH SEHZAD vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~39 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 08.01.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 38/2025 SHEIKH SEHZAD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.K. Rai, Advocate versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satinder Bawa, APP for the State with SI Dharmender CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J. (ORAL) CRL.M.A. 182/2025 (Exemption) 1. Exemption allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application is disposed of. BAIL APPLN. 38/2025 3. The present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereafter „BNSS‟) has been filed on behalf of the applicant, seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 30/2021, registered at Police Station Special Cell (Lodhi Colony), Delhi, for offences punishable under Sections 489B/489C of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereafter „IPC‟) and Section 15(1)(a)(iiia) read with Section 16 of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967 (hereafter „UAPA‟). Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:AANCHAL TAGGAR Signing Date:10.01.2025 BAIL APPLN. 38/2025 Page 1 of 9 16:07:12 4. Issue notice. Mr. Satinder Bawa,learned APP accepts notice of the present bail application on behalf of the State. 5. Brief facts of the case, as per prosecution, are that on 21.01.2021, information was received by the Special Cell that one Sheikh Shehzad (the present applicant), resident of Motihari, Bihar would come to Anand Vihar Railway Station to deliver one big consignment of Fake Indian Currency Notes (hereafter „FICN‟) to two persons namely Raja and Rehmhan, after procuring it from one Habibur Rehman, a resident of Malda, West Bengal. Pursuant to receipt of information, a raiding team was formed and a trap was laid near Anand Vihar Railway Stat