ABDUL RAB vs NARCOTIC CONTROL BUREAU

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$~3 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of decision: April 3, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 592/2025 ABDUL RAB R/O Afghanistan (Permanent) Presently at H.NO 28, Krishna Park, Extension, B-block, Gali no 08, New Delhi-110018 .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sushma Sharma, Mr.Dhruv Kumar Sharma & Mr.Girish Kumar Sharma, Advocates Versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU (NCB) Delhi Zonal Unit West Block-1, Wing No.7, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066. .....Respondent Through: Appearance not given CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T (oral) NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Bail Application under Section 483 read with 528 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023(‘B.N.S.S. 2023’ hereinafter) read with Section 439 and Section 482 Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (‘Cr.P.C.’ hereinafter) has been filed for seeking Regular Bail under Sections 8(c), Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 592/2025 Digitally Signed By:ANIL Page 1 of 13 KUMAR BHATT Signing Date:16.04.2025 11:06:07 21(c)/22(c)/23/25/27A, 29 & 61 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS’ hereinafter), Police Station Narcotics Control Bureau (‘NCB’ hereinafter), R.K. Puram, New Delhi. 2. The ASJ while dismissing the Bail Application filed by the Applicant herein, vide Order dated 26.07.2024, had opined that recovery of a commercial quantity of contraband attracts the rigours of Section 37 of the NDPS Act, therefore, at that stage, reasonable grounds to presume the innocence of the Accused could not be warranted. 3. The case of Prosecution is that information was received on 25.04.2022 by Amrit Kumar Tiwary, Superintendent, NCB-Delhi Zonal Unit (‘DZU’ hereinafter) from Sh. Harish Upadhayay, Deputy Superintendent, Gujarat, ATS that one Md. Imran was transporting Narcotic drugs in MG Hecto