DEEPA SINGH vs STATE (NCT OF DELHI)

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment Reserved on: 09.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 17.02.2026 + CRL.A. 1725/2025 DEEPA SINGH .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kundan Kumar, Mr. Pranshu Kumar, Ms. Jaya Chandra, Ms. Divya Kundra, Mr. Madan Jha, Ms. Mahima Chaudhary and Ms. Prerna Jain, Advocates. versus STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State with Inspector Ritesh. + CRL.A. 1740/2025 &CRL.M.A. 38731/2025 ANURADHA @ CHIKU .....Appellant Through: Mr. Kundan Kumar, Mr. Pranshu Kumar, Ms. Jaya Chandra, Ms. Divya Kundra, Mr. Madan Jha, Ms. Mahima Chaudhary and Ms. Prerna Jain, Advocates. versus STATE(NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Aman Usman, APP for the State with Inspector Ritesh. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA JUDGMENT CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J. 1. These appeals under Section 12 of the Maharashtra Signature Not Verified CRL.A. 1725/2025 & connected matter Page 1 of 30 Signed By:KOMAL DHAWAN Signing Date:18.02.2026 10:44:04 Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999, (the MCOCA) have been filed by the accused persons in Crime No. 186/2025, Sultanpuri, Police Station aggrieved by the order dated 18.12.2025 as per which the trial court dismissed their applications for default bail. The appellants/accused persons as per the aforesaid FIR are alleged to have committed the offences punishable under various Sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (the NDPS Act), Section 113 and 238 of Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023; Section 18(c) of the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and Sections 3 and 4 of the MCOCA. 2. According to the learned counsel for the appellants/accused persons, the impugned order has been passed by the Link Judge in the absence of the Special Judge and hence invalid. Re