MOHAN BABU GUPTA vs STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI

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$~J- * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Judgment delivered on: 28.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1450/2025 & CRL.M.A. 3075/2026 MOHAN BABU GUPTA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Akshay Bhandari, Mr. Janak Raj Ambavat, Ms. Megha Saroa, Mr. Kushal Kumar and Mr. Anmol Sachdeva, Advocates. versus STATE GOVT OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shubhi Gupta, APP for the State. SI Dharmender, P.S.: Spl. Cell NR & STF, Rohini. HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J U D G M E N T ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI, J. By way of the present petition filed under section 483 read with 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita 2023, the petitioner seeks regular bail in case FIR No.337/2022 dated 15.11.2022 registered under section 21 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 („NDPS Act‟) at P.S.: Special Cell, Delhi. Consequent upon completion of investigation, offences under section 29 of the NDPS Act and section 14 of the Foreigners Act, 1946 have been added vide chargesheet dated 09.05.2023. 2. Notice on this petition was issued on 16.04.2025. 3. Status report dated 03.07.2025 has been filed by the State. Signature Not Verified Signed By:DIVYA SHARMA Signing BAIL APPLN. 1450/2025 Page 1 of 9 Date:28.03.2026 14:49 4. Nominal Roll dated 17.07.2025 has also been received from the Jail Superintendent. 5. The court has heard Mr. Akshay Bhandari, learned counsel for the petitioner; and Ms. Shubhi Gupta, learned APP for the State. 6. Mr. Bhandari has submitted, that the petitioner has been implicated in the subject FIR on the basis of the disclosure statement of one Praveen, who is alleged to have stated as under: 7. It is submitted, that the alleged disclosure statement of Praveen shows that the Investigating Officer had reason to believe that contraband could be recov