1. By way of the present applications under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicants seek grant of regular bail in connection with FIR No. 670/2024 dated 09.12.2024, registered at Police Station Kalkaji, District South-East, New Delhi, under Sections 20/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [“the Act”].

2. I have heard Mr. Mohd Yasin and Mr. Shan Ul Islam, learned counsel for the applicants in BAIL APPLN. 140/2026 and BAIL APPLN. 384/2026, respectively, and Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

3. The State has also placed on record status reports.

4. The case of the prosecution, as it emerges from the status reports, is that, on 09.12.2024, the applicants were apprehended while carrying a black bag. Upon search, it was found that they were carrying 21.95 kilograms of “ganja” in the said bag. They were arrested on the same day. Upon examination of their mobile phones, it was found that Shahid @ Aabu [applicant in BAIL APPLN. 384/2026] had received photographs of the narcotic substance from one Yunus @ Mukhiya. The mobile phones also show Call Detail Record connectivity between the appl