$~15 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + CRL.A. 1457/2025 & CRL.M.A. 31232/2025 MOHD DHOBIR .....Appellant Through: Mr. Faraz Nabi, Advocate.

versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Pradeep Gahalot, APP for the State.

SI Ramkishan, P.S. ANTF Crime Branch, Delhi CORAM:

HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA

O R D E R

% 09.02.2026 CRL.M.(BAIL) 2123/2025

1.This application under Section 430 read with Section 528 of the BharatiyaNagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, has been filed on behalf of the accused in Sessions Case No. 9661 of 2016 on the file of the Additional Sessions Judge/Special Judge, NDPS, New Delhi District, Patiala House Courts, New Delhi, seeking suspension of sentence during the pendency of the appeal. As per the impugned judgment dated 19.07.2025, the appellant/accused has been found guilty of the offence punishable under Section 21(b) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (the NDPS Act).

Vide order dated 19.07.2025, the appellant/accused has been sentenced to rigorous imprisonment for a period of 5 yearsand fine of ₹1,00,000 and in default of payment of fine, to simple imprisonment for one year.

2. It is submitted by the learned counsel for the appellant that out of the five years that has been imposed by the trial court,the appellant has served more than two and a half years.

3. The learned Additional Public Prosecutor submits that he has no criminal antecedents.

4. Since the appeal is of the year 2025, there is no possibility of the appeal being taken up in the near future. Hence, the sentence imposed upon the appellant/accused is suspended during the pendency of the appeal on execution of a personal bond of ₹50,000/- with two solvent sureties for the like amount each to the satisfaction of the trial court, subject to the following conditions:-

(i) The appellant shall not commit any offence(s) while on bail and shall appear before this Court as and when directed.

(ii) The appellant shall provide his mobile number and residential address to the Station House Officer (SHO) concerned, on which he shall remain available. In case of change of his mobile number or residential address, the appellant shall promptly inform the SHO concerned as well as this Court.

(iii) The appellant shall neither leave the country nor the State without the prior permission of this Court. If he owns a passport, he shall surrender the same before the trial court. If he does not have a passport, he shall file an affidavit to the said effect.

(iv) Needless to say, in the event of violation of any of the aforementioned condition(s), the suspension of sentence granted shall forthwith stand cancelled.

5. With the above directions, the application is disposed of.

6. A copy of this order be communicated electronically to the Jail Superintendent concerned for information and compliance.

CRL.A. 1457/2025

7. List on 16.10.2026.

CHANDRASEKHARAN SUDHA, J FEBRUARY 9, 2026/mj