TRUPTI RAJENDRA PATIL vs STATE NCT OF DELHI

$~P-3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on:26.05.2026 Pronounced on: 30.05.2026 Uploaded on:30.05.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1661/2026 TRUPTI RAJENDRA PATIL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rahul Sharma, Mr. Shivanshu Yadav, Mr. Manninder Singh and Mr. Ujjwal Pandey, Advocates. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Puneett Singhal, SPP along with Ms Yashi Pandey, Advocate. IO/ACO Sunil. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN JUDGMENT 1. By way of this application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], the petitioner seeks regular bail in connection with C.No. VIII(AP)10/P&I/5480-D/Arrival/2025, registered at IGI Airport, New Delhi, under Sections 8, 20(b), 23 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [“NDPS Act”]. 2. I have heard Mr. Rahul Sharma, learned counsel for the petitioner and Mr. Puneett Singhal, learned Special Public Prosecutor for the State. A. PROSECUTION CASE 3. The case of the prosecution, as it emerges from the material on record, is as follows; a. On 08.11.2025, the petitioner, who was travelling from Bangkok to Delhi [Flight No. AI 2335], was intercepted at Terminal 3, IGI 2025.