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2026 DAILYLAW 19689 (DEL)

DHANJAY v. STATE NCT OF DELHI

BAIL APPLN./3972/2026 · 2026-09-22

Manmeet Pritam Singh Arora

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BAIL APPLN. 3972/2026 Page 1 of 3 $~69 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI # CNR No. DLHC010452162026 + BAIL APPLN. 3972/2026 CRL.M.A. 29481/2026 DHANJAY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Aditya Aggarwal, Mr. Naveen Panwar and Ms. Aparna Kumari, Advs. versus STATE NCT OF DELHI .....Respondent Through: Ms. Richa Dhawan, APP for the State (through vc) IO/SI Udit and ASI Jaipal, Anti- Narcotics CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA O R D E R % 22.09.2026 CRL.M.A. 29481/2026 (for exemption) 1. Allowed, subject to all just exceptions. 2. The application stands disposed of. BAIL APPLN. 3972/2026 3. By way of this application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, the applicant seeks regular bail in connection with FIR No. 1009/2024, dated 07.12.2024, registered at Police 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 28/09/2026 at 10:31:36 BAIL APPLN. 3972/2026 Page 2 of 3 Station Paschim Vihar West, District South, Delhi, under Section 20(c) and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [NDPS Act 1985’]. 4. This Court has perused the order dated 16.05.2026 passed by the Coordinate Bench in BAIL APPLN. 4402/2025 and is of the considered opinion that there has been no change of circumstances in entitling the applicant to file the subject application. 5. After some hearing, learned counsel for the Petitioner seeks liberty to withdraw this petition to approach the trial court for bail, after the final order on charge is passed. He states that the matter is listed before the trial court on 27.10.2026 for arguments on charge. 6. Ms. Richa Dhawan, learned APP, states that the prosecution is awaiting the FSL1 report and has already sent priority letters to the FSL department. She submits that arguments and orders on charge have been delayed due to the said FSL report. 7. The concerned DCP is directed to immediately issue a fresh priority letter to the concerned FSL department to provide the FSL report, so that the trial can proceed on 27.10.2026. 8. The concerned Director of FSL department is also directed to take appropriate steps for preparing the report for the subject FIR No. 1009/2024 within four weeks, so that the next date before the trial court is effective and is not wasted. 9. With these limited directions, the present application is disposed of and liberty reserved to the applicant as prayed for at paragraph 5 above. 10. It is clarified that all rights and contentions of the applicant are left 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 28/09/2026 at 10:31:36 BAIL APPLN. 3972/2026 Page 3 of 3 open to be urged before the trial court when it approaches afresh for bail. 11. The digitally signed copy of this order, duly uploaded on the official website of the Delhi High Court, www.delhihighcourt.nic.in, shall be treated as a certified copy of the order for the purpose of ensuring compliance. No physical copy of order shall be insisted by any authority/entity or litigant. MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J SEPTEMBER 22, 2026/msh/AJ 1 Forensic Science Laboratory 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 28/09/2026 at 10:31:36