Vikas Kumar v. Narcotics Cotrol Bureau
Case brief
What is this about?
Delhi High Court, Arun Monga, J., order dated 01.08.2025 in CRL.M.C. 5182/2025 & connected matters (CRL.M.C. 5183/2025, CRL.M.C. 5184/2025): anticipatory bail applications pending before Special Judge-NDPS, Patiala House Courts; High Court petition for no coercive action/no arrest held to be forum shopping and dismissed; NCB opposed maintainability; reference to Special Judge order dated 11.07.2025 on forged bail order dated 24.06.2025, FIR directed via SHO PS Tilak Marg; recovery of 12,200 Tramadol tablets (3.7 kg); thorough investigation of racket warranted; keywords - forum shopping, interim protection, NDPS, NCB, forged court order, no coercive steps.
What did the court decide?
Seeking no-coercive-action relief from this Court while the anticipatory bail applications are still pending before the Sessions Court amounts to forum shopping; the petitions are liable to be dismissed on this ground alone.