PRAHLAD KUMAR vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~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. Signature Not Verified Signed By:PARUL VASHIST Signing Date:13.05.2026 BAIL APPLN. 4516/2025 Page 1 of 17 19:55 A. PROSECUTION CASE 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 intervening night of 12-13.12.2024, pursuant to which the applicant was apprehended when he was walking from Qutub Road towards New Delhi Railway Station. Notice under Section 50 of the NDPS Act was served upon him. b. The applicant was found carrying a maroon-coloured trolley bag, a black-coloured trolley bag, and a black-coloured backpack, from which a total of 24.850 kilograms of ganja [inclusive of the weight of the packing material] was recovered. The present case