RIFAT ALI @ DANISH vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

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$~1 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 13.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1258/2026 & CRL.M.A. 9891/2026 RIFAT ALI @ DANISH .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Karan Verma, Advocate. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP for State with Sub Inspectors Sohan Thakur and Tej Singh. CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant seeks regular bail in case FIR No. 667/2023 of Police Station Bhalswa Dairy for offence under Section 21/25/29 NDPS Act. 2. Despite repeated directions across various judicial orders, approach of the Delhi Police towards bail issues has not changed. In this matter also, there is no clarity as to who is the investigating officer or to whom the trial was assigned. Two Sub Inspectors namely Sohan Thakur and Tej Singh have appeared, but both of them submit that they are not the Sub Inspector BAIL APPLN. 1258/2026 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA DN: c=IN, o=HIGH COURT OF DELHI, 2.5.4.20=8401dd889b27a77b2f65ffffe4afec45569af39 62c6fb4835d435f97626cacca, ou=HIGH COURT OF DELHI,CID - 7047638, postalCode=110003, st=Delhi, KATHPALIA serialNumber=d3e86796451ec45c07b5d15570996b4 0f80cbd2eee60402c487965ff801e26fa, cn=GIRISH KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified Date: 2026.05.13 05:33:09 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:RAHUL YADAV Signing Date:13.05.2026 17:42:21 to whom this case was assigned after retirement of the IO/SI Narender. Neither of them is aware as to who has been assigned this case. Consequently, the learned APP also has not been briefed at all. 3. Further, according to learned counsel for accused/applicant, only five witnesses have been examined in trial so far, with the fifth one only partly examined before the trial court. But according to le