MONISH @ WASIM vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~14 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 25th February, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 450/2026 MONISH @ WASIM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Jitendra Sethi, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Mohd. Azeem Khan, Mr. Hemant Gulati and Mr. Divyam Gaur, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Priyanka Dalal, APP for the State with SI Kartar Singh Rawat, Anti Narcotics Cell CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MANOJ JAIN J U D G M E N T (oral) 1. Applicant seeks anticipatory bail in FIR No.509/2025 dated 19.07.2025, registered at PS Narela for commission of offences under Section 21/25/29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (in short NDPS Act). 2. When the present application was taken up by this Court on 02.02.2026, learned Senior Counsel for the applicant submitted that it was a case of mistaken identity as police was after a person who had not been, allegedly, named by his co-accused. 3. Status report was directed to be filed and, as per status report submitted on record, learned Addl. P.P. for the State, on instructions from the Investigating Officer, submits that the abovesaid aspect has been duly verified and there is no case of ‘mistaken identity’ and such contention is fallacious and unsustainable. He submits that inquiry was conducted in this regard and the local residents as well as village Pradhan have been Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 450/2026 1 By:DINESH CHANDRA Signing Date:27.02.2026 11:49:05 contacted and examined and, therefore, there is no confusion or ambiguity regarding the identity of the person in question. 4. As per the case of prosecution, Rohit and Sagar were arrested on 19.07.2025 and from the search of their scooty, 312 gms of heroin was recovered. As per their disclosure, the aboves