MUSHIR ALAM vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 25.02.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4606/2024 MUSHIR ALAM .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Tarish Vijay Sathe, Adv. versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, SSC with Ms. Poonam Rani and Ms. Shelly Dixit I., Advocates. % CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA MANMEET PRITAM SINGH ARORA, J (ORAL): 1. This present bail application has been filed under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS) seeking regular bail in Case No. VIII/37/DZU/2022 for offences under Sections 8C/22/23/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (‘NDPS Act’) registered at Police Station (P.S.) NCB/DZU RK Puram. 2. The case of the prosecution as borne out from the status report is that on 23.04.2022, on the basis of secret information, a parcel bearing AWB No.3658 lying at ‘Universal Express’, E- 114, Ground Floor near DDA Community centre, Mohammad Pur, New Delhi was suspected to contain contraband, accordingly, a raiding party was constituted. It was discovered that the said parcel was dispatched by the consignor Nikhil Verma, a resident of Kanpur, India and the consignee was nam