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BAIL APPLN. 4799/2025 Page 1 of 2 $~13 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 4799/2025 PRAVIN PRASAD .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Himanshu Saxena, Mr. Manish Kumar, Mr. Aditya Joshi, Ms. Palak Jain, Advocates. versus THE STATE OF NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Yudhvir Singh Chauhan, APP. SI Rajbir Singh.
CORAM:
HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE PRATEEK JALAN O R D E R %
28.03.2026
1. This petition was scheduled to be listed on 02.03.2026 but has been listed today, as 02.03.2026 was declared a holiday vide Notification No. 64/G-4/Genl.-I/DHC dated 27.02.2026
2. By way of this application, the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 555/2024 dated 21.11.2024, registered at Police Station Badarpur, for offences punishable under Sections 20, 29, 61, and 85 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985.
3. Further to the order dated 17.02.2026, Mr. Himanshu Saxena,
learned counsel for the applicant, submits that arguments on charge are yet to be heard by the learned Special Court, despite the matter having been listed on several occasions. He, therefore, seeks permission to 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 01/04/2026 at 15:54:20
BAIL APPLN. 4799/2025 Page 2 of 2 withdraw the present bail application, without prejudice to the applicant’s right to approach the learned Special Court at the appropriate stage.
4. The bail application is dismissed as withdrawn, in terms of the aforesaid submissions.
5. It is clarified that this Court has not expressed any opinion on the merits of the matter or on any future application for bail that may be filed by the applicant, which shall be considered by the learned Special Court on its own merits, in accordance with law.
6. Mr. Saxena further submits that he will move the learned Special Court for a direction to conduct separate weighing of the alleged contraband material and its packaging, which the Court may consider in accordance with law.
7. The applicant is also at liberty to seek expeditious disposal of the proceedings before the learned Special Court, which may be considered by the Court in light of its own Board and the age of matters pending before it.
PRATEEK JALAN, J MARCH 28, 2026 ‘Bhupi’/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 01/04/2026 at 15:54:20