$~80 & 81 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 12.02.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 1382/2025, CRL.M.A. 4912/2026 & CRL.M.A.

4830/2026 DIPAK DAS .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ranbir Singh Kundu, Ms. Suman Saharan, Mr. Naresh Kumar, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahalwat, APP for State and Ms. Shehnaz Khan, Advocate with SI Naveen, Special Staff.

+ BAIL APPLN. 3555/2025 RAHUL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankaj Giri, Advocate versus THE STATE (NCT OF DELHI) .....Respondent Through: Mr. Amit Ahalwat, APP for State and Ms. Shehnaz Khan, Advocate with SI Naveen, Special Staff.

CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL)

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2. These bail applications were listed for the first time on 08.04.2025 and 17.09.2025, respectively before the predecessor benches and thereafter continued getting adjourned before different benches. Today, the applications are listed before me for the first time.

3. I have heard learned counsel for accused/applicants and learned APP assisted by IO/SI Naveen.

4. Broadly speaking, prosecution case is as follows. On 04.12.2022 at about 07:30pm, on receipt of secret information by Special Staff of South District, raiding team after necessary compliances was constituted and briefed. The raiding team along with the secret informer laid a trap. At about 11:00pm, a purple black scooty was seen coming from Mehrauli towards Badarpur. The scooty driver and the pillion rider were apprehended and they disclosed their names as Rahul and Dipak Das. One plastic bag was found between legs of Rahul, and one white plastic bag was held by Dipak. The said plastic bags, on being opened were found to contain 11 packets each containing 28.100 kg Ganja. After necessary investigation, both accused persons, namely, Rahul and Dipak Das were arrested. On further interrogation, the accused Dipak Das disclosed that he had purchased 100 kg Ganja from his friends residing in West Tripura, to be sold further in Delhi. Thereafter, on the disclosure statement of accused Dipak Das, two white plastic bags, each containing nine packets of Ganja to the tune of 23.188 kg and 23.300 kg were recovered. While being on police remand, BAIL APPLN. 1382/2025 & 3555/2025 Page 2 of 6 pages Signature Not Verified GIRISH D D 2. i N 5 g . : 4 i t c . a 2 = l 0 I y N = s , 8 i o g 4 = 0 n H 1 e d I d G d b H 8 y 8 C G 9 O b IR U 2 I R 7 SH a T 7 O K 7 A F b T 2 D H f E 6 P L 5 A H f L I, I A e4 afec4

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the accused persons were further interrogated regarding source of the Ganja. On 16.12.2022, accused Dipak Das was consigned to judicial custody, after which on 19.12.2022 application for sampling was filed before the learned court of Sessions and the same was assigned to the concerned Magistrate for 21.12.2022. On 21.12.2022, the learned Magistrate could not take up the matter due to heavy load and