AJARAOGO GOOD LUCK vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH SHO

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 08.09.2025 Date of Decision: 22.09.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1425/2025 AJARAOGO GOOD LUCK .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Arun K Srivastva, Mr. Ashish Sindhu, Ms. Shahina Praveen, Advs. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI THROUGH SHO .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for State CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE AJAY DIGPAUL JUDGMENT % 1. The present application is the second bail application filed by the petitioner seeking regular bail in FIR No. 189/2023, registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar, under Sections 22 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 19851 and Section 14 Foreigners Act, 1946. 2. Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution is that on 12.04.2023, on the basis of secret information, a raiding team of the Narcotics Squad, South District was constituted and deployed near Qila Satpula 1 Hereinafter “NDPS Act” Signature Not Verified Signed By:SHILPI BAIL APPLN. 1425/2025 Page 1 of 9 Signing Date:23.09.2025 18:38:21 Lake, Khirki Village, Malviya Nagar, New Delhi. At about 01:25 PM, the petitioner, a Nigerian national, was apprehended. After compliance with Section 50 NDPS Act, his personal search was conducted in the presence of the ACP/Operations, wherein 65.5 grams of a crystal-like substance was recovered from his possession. The substance, on field testing, was found to be MDMA (Amphetamine). As the petitioner failed to produce valid travel documents, the recovered contraband was seized in accordance with law, rukka was prepared, and the present FIR was registered, culminating in the arrest of the petitioner. Samples were subsequently drawn before the learned Metropolitan Magistrate under Section 52A NDPS Act. 3. The seized substance was thereafter sent to FSL, and the report confir