ABHISHEK KUMAR vs DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 08.04.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4719/2024 ABHISHEK KUMAR .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hasim Alam and Mr. Vikrant Pandey, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anurag Ojha, SSC for DRI with Mr. Dipak Raj, Mr. Subham Kumar, Mr. Vipul Kumar and Ms. Garima Kumar, Advocates + BAIL APPLN. 4836/2024 FAYAZ AHMAD BHATT .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Hasim Alam and Mr. Vikrant Pandey, Advocates versus DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE .....Respondent Through: Mr. Anurag Ojha, SSC for DRI with Mr. Dipak Raj, Mr. Subham Kumar, Mr. Vipul Kumar and Ms. Garima Kumar, Advocates BAIL APPLN. 4719/2024 & connected matter Page 1 of 10 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:08.04.2025 19:37:22 CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of these applications, the applicants seek grant of regular bail in SC No. 356/2022, arising out of DRI/DZU/34/ ENQ- 01/2022, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 8/20/29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [hereafter ‘NDPS Act‟]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case, as discernible from the record, are that on 01.02.2022, the Deputy Director of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI), Ahmedabad Zonal Unit, had informed the Assistant Director of the DRI, Delhi Zonal Unit, New Delhi, that intelligence had been received regarding certain individuals involved in the trafficking of a narcotic substance, specifically charas, in commercial quantity. Pursuant to this information, the Deputy Director had instructed the Assistant Director (GI), DRI, Delhi Zonal Unit, to constitute a team of officers for the purpose of int