SAMUAL AKINWUMI vs STATE GOVT. OF NCT OF DELHI

Judgment text excerpt

$~2 & 3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision:21st July, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1448/2025 SAMUAL AKINWUMI S/o Akindele, R/o WZ-47A, Ground Floor, Gali No.1, Krishna Puri, Tilak Nagar, Delhi. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.S. Aggarwal, Mr. Rohan Singh, Advocates. versus STATE Through SHO PS Crime Branch West Delhi .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with ASI Mahesh Kumar, Crime Branch. 3 + BAIL APPLN. 1459/2025 EMMANUEL S/o Okeke, R/o WZ-44/5, Gali No. 12, 1st Floor, Krishna Puri, Tilak Nagar, Delhi. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. S.S. Aggarwal, Mr. Rohan Singh, Advocates. versus STATE Through SHO, PS Crime Branch West Delhi .....Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for the State with ASI Mahesh Kumar, Crime Branch. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA Signature Not Verified Signed By:RITA BAIL APPLN. 1448/2025 & BAIL APPLN. 1459/2025 Page 1 of 8 SHARMA Signing Date:23.07.2025 21:02:52 J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. First Bail Applications under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „BNSS’) read with Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as „Cr.PC‟) has been filed on behalf of the Accused/Petitioners, Samual Akinwumi and Emmanuel, for grant of Regular Bail in FIR No. 273/2022 dated 23.11.2022 under Section 21/22/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as „NDPS Act‟), Section 466/474 of Indian Penal Code, 1860 (hereinafter referred to as “IPC”) and Section 14 of Foreigners Act registered at Police Station Crime Branch, West. 2. It is submitted that these are the First Regular Bail Applications filed in this Court. The earlier Bail Application filed before the learned ASJ, has been dismissed v