STATE OF NCT OF DELHI vs NEERAJ KUMAR @SUNIL

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on : 17.06.2025 + CRL.A. 713/2023 & CRL.M.A. 23717/2023 STATE OF NCT OF DELHI ..... Appellant versus NEERAJ KUMAR @SUNIL ..... Respondent Advocates who appeared in this case: For the Appellant : Mr. Akhand Pratap Singh, Special Counsel with Ms. Samridhi Dobhal, Mr. Krishna Mohan Chandel & Mr. Hrithik Maurya, Advs. Inspector Rakesh Kumar, PS- Special Cell For the Respondent : Ms. Tanya Agarwal, Mr. Kamlesh Kumar Mishra, Ms. Arpita Singh & Mr. Ahsan Sanjar, Advs. CORAM HON’BLE MR JUSTICE AMIT MAHAJAN JUDGMENT 1. The present appeal is filed challenging the order dated 01.06.2023 (hereafter ‘impugned order’), passed by the learned Additional Sessions Judge (‘ASJ’), New Delhi District, Patiala House Courts, Delhi, whereby the respondent was admitted on bail in FIR No. 16/2018 dated 12.02.2018, registered by Special Cell, for the Signature Not Verified Signed By:KAMALDEEP KAUR CRL.A. 713/2023 Page 1 of 16 Signing Date:19.06.2025 16:49:43 offences under Sections 3/4 of the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 (‘MCOCA’). 2. The brief facts of the case are that on the basis of secret information, on 23.07.2017, a raid was conducted and the co-accused Rajesh Kumar was apprehended with 3 Kg of Heroin, which led to registration of FIR No. 51/2017 by Police Station Special Cell. At the time of apprehension, co-accused Rajesh Kumar was travelling in a car that was registered in the name of co-accused Deepak (kingpin), who is allegedly a notorious criminal with 20 involvements under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’). During investigation, co-accused Rajesh Kumar allegedly disclosed that he used to supply Heroin to co-accused Deepak and the respondent in Delhi. Co-accused Rajesh