KHUSHI RAM GURUNG vs THE STATE GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 10.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2799/2024 KHUSHI RAM GURUNG .....Petitioner Through: Mr Shubhendra Aggarwal, Mr. Bijender Singh & Mr. Raj Kumar Barathwal, Advocates versus THE STATE GOVT. OF N.C.T. OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for State with SI Manish Kumar CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR SHALINDER KAUR, J (ORAL) 1. The present petition has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking the grant of Regular Bail in FIR No. 38/2022 dated 27.03.2022, registered under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter “NDPS Act”) at Police Station Crime Branch, Delhi. PROSECUTION’S CASE 2. On the night of 26.03.2022, ASI Sanjay Kumar, posted with the NRI/Crime Branch, received secret information that one Nepali national, namely Khushi Ram (petitioner), who was involved in the sale of charas in Delhi, would arrive at Jharoda Burari Road, on the right side of Sant Nagar Marg Chowk, near the drain at Burari 3. The secret information was immediately shared with senior officers, and requisite permission under Section 42 of the N