BAIL APPLN. 1906/2026 $~138 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 1906/2026 & CRL.M.A. 15418-20/2026 KUNAL BHANDARI .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Meghan, Advocate. versus STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Tarang Srivastava, APP for State. SI Naveen Gurjar. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R % 14.05.2026 1. By way of the present application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 [“BNSS”], the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 558/2024 dated 04.12.2024, registered at Police Station Malviya Nagar, South Delhi, under Section 20 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985. 2. The applicant had earlier approached this Court by way of BAIL APPLN. 4232/2025 seeking regular bail in connection with the aforesaid FIR. The said application came to be disposed of vide order dated 18.03.2026, wherein this Court observed as follows: “1. By way of the present application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 558/2024 dated 04.12.2024, registered under Sections 20/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985, at Police Station Malviya Nagar, District South, Delhi. 2. Mr. Meghan, learned counsel for the applicant, seeks permission to withdraw this bail application, without prejudice to the applicant’s right to file an application for bail before the learned Sessions Court at This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/05/2026 at 10:49:56 BAIL APPLN. 1906/2026 the appropriate stage. 3. The bail application is dismissed as withdrawn. 4. It is made clear that this Court has not made any observations on the merits of the case and on the proposed application (if any), which will be for the concerned Court to consider.” 3. Although the present bail application discloses the filing of the earlier bail application, neither have the submissions recorded in paragraph 2 of the aforesaid order been adverted to, nor has the said order been placed on record alongwith the present petition. 4. In view of the aforesaid circumstances, Mr. Meghan, learned counsel for the applicant, seeks permission to withdraw the present bail application, without prejudice to the rights and remedies available to the applicant in terms of paragraph 2 of the order dated 18.03.2026, as noted hereinabove. 5. The bail application, alongwith pending applications, is dismissed as withdrawn, in terms of the aforesaid submission. 6. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the case or on any application that may be filed by the applicant hereafter, which shall be considered by the appropriate Court on its own merits, in accordance with law. PRATEEK JALAN, J MAY 14, 2026 “B”/SD/ This is a digitally signed order. The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 18/05/2026 at 10:49:56