DHANJAY KUMAR vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~SB-30 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision : 17.06.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 2234/2026 DHANJAY KUMAR …..Petitioner Through: Mr. Raghav Chawla, Advocate. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI …..Respondent Through: Mr. Utkarsh, APP for State. S.I. Mukesh Kumar, Anti Narcotics Squad. Outer District. Mr. Udit, I.O. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE TEJAS KARIA TEJAS KARIA, J. (ORAL) 1. The present Petition has been filed on behalf of the Petitioner under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 seeking grant of interim bail for a period of 20 days on humanitarian and compassionate grounds in respect of FIR No. 1009/2024 lodged under Sections 20(C) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (“NDPS Act”) at Police Station Paschim Vihar West. 2. The Chargesheet against the Petitioner in FIR No. 1009/2024 was filed on 07.12.2024. The Petitioner had earlier approached the Special Judge (NDPS), West District, Delhi (“Trial Court”) seeking Regular Bail and the same got dismissed vide order dated 29.10.2025. The Petitioner approached Signature Not Verified Signed By:GANGA BAIL APPLN. 2234/2026 Page 1 of 4 SINGH RAWAT Signing Date:19.06.2026 07:35 this Court seeking Regular Bail and the same was dismissed as withdrawn vide order dated 16.05.2026. 3. The Petitioner had approached the learned Trial Court seeking Interim Bail on humanitarian and compassionate grounds as the real sister of the Petitioner is getting married on 19.06.2026 at Patna, Bihar and the same got dismissed vide order dated 02.06.2026. Hence, the Petitioner has filed the present Petition seeking Interim Bail. 4. Vide Order dated 15.06.2026, Notice was issued in the present Petition and the Additional Public Prosecutor (“APP”) sought time to verify the facts of the