PRAHLAD KUMAR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~P-1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 21.04.2026 Pronounced on: 13.05.2026 Uploaded on: 13.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4516/2025 PRAHLAD KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya Aggarwal, Mr. Raid Hoda, Mr. Naveen Panwar, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 473/2024 dated 13.12.2024, registered at Police Station Nabi Karim, Central District, Delhi, for the offence punishable under Section 20(b)(ii)(C) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [“the NDPS Act”]. 2. I have heard Mr. Aditya Aggarwal, learned counsel for the applicant, and Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State. The State has also placed on record a status report dated 19.01.2026. 3. The case of the prosecution, as emerging from the subject FIR and the status report dated 19.01.2026, is as follows: a. On the basis of secret information, a raid was conducted on the interv