PRAJWAL ELROY RAJ vs GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 07.11.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1924/2025 PRAJWAL ELROY RAJ .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Vikram Hegde, Ms. Chinmayi Shrivastava and Mr. Abhishek Wadiyar, Advs. versus GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr.Manoj Pant, APP for the State along with SI Imran Khan. CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. The applicant has preferred this application seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR No. 255/2022, registered on 03.11.2022, at Police Station Crime Branch, Delhi, for the commission of offence punishable under Sections 20/25/29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [hereafter „NDPS Act‟]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that a secret information was received that on 03.11.2022, two persons Jatin Wasan and Vinay were going to supply drugs in Sarojini Nagar BAIL APPLN. 1924/2025 Page 1 of 9 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:10.11.2025 19:57:53 market in a black car. Based on this information and with due permission from the appropriate authorities, a raiding team was formed and the raid was conducted. During the personal search of the accused persons, 250 grams of charas was recovered from accused Jatin, and 150 grams of charas was recovered from Vinay. Thereafter, both the accused persons were arrested and the present FIR was registered. During the course of investigation, accused Jatin had disclosed that he had been receiving charas and other narcotic substances from Anurag Thakur, Akash Gupta and Nihar Bakshi, who are the suppliers of drugs in the Delhi NCR region. Thereafter, on information from another secret informer, a raid was conducted near Pramod Mah