OKOLI ANAYO FRANKLINE vs THE STATE NCT OF DELHI

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* I N T H E H I G H CO U RT O F DE L H I AT NE W DE L H I Reserved on: January 08, 2026 % Pronounced on: January 31, 2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4027/2025 OKOLI ANAYO FRANKLIN .....Applicant Through: Mr. Javed Khan, Adv. Versus THE STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Meenakshi Dahiya, APP for the State alongwith Ms. Vanshika Singh and Mr. Bhanu Pratap Singh, Advs. and SI Akash Deep, Special Staff, North District. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE SAURABH BANERJEE JUDGMENT 1. By virtue of the present bail application under Section 483 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS), the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in proceedings arising from FIR No.168/2021 dated 10.11.2021 registered at PS.: Maurice Nagar, Delhi under Sections 21/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS Act) read with Section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946. 2. As per FIR, on 09.11.2021 at about 09:00 PM, secret information was received that two citizens of African origin, namely Ora Gevisin @ Leonard and Okoli Anayo Franklin i.e. the applicant herein involved in supply of BAIL APPLN. 4027/2025 Page 1 of 7 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:BABLOO SHAH Signing Date:31.01.2026 00:26:21 heroin in Delhi, would travel from Delhi University, Patel Chest to Roop Nagar between 10:00 PM and 10:30 PM in a white Toyota Corolla Altis bearing No.HR-26AU-2145 (Car). Pursuant to directions from the ACP, Operations Cell, North District, Delhi (ACP), and after reducing the same into writing as DD No.17 dated 09.11.2021 at 09:35 PM, at about 10:15 PM, a raiding team intercepted the said Car near Daulat Ram College red light, Sant Kripal Marg, Delhi University when the driver attempted to flee towards Vijay Nagar but struck the footpath causing the