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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 27.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 11.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 13.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4932/2025 AJAY KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ankit Kumar and Ms.

Shreya Yadav, Advocates versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Manoj Pant, APP for the State.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. 0186/2025, registered at Police Station Nand Nagri, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Sections 21(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [hereafter „NDPS Act‟].

2. Briefly stated, the facts of the case are that on 27.03.2025 at about 04:42 AM, PCR calls vide DD Nos. 13-A, 14-A and 16-A were received regarding illegal storage of narcotic substance at E-1/458, Nand Nagri, Delhi. The police reached the spot and conducted a search; however, no narcotic substance was found at that time. Surveillance and local enquiry in the area were thereafter continued. At about 12:10 PM on the same day, a secret inform