SUVASHISH ROY @ JESSY ROY vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

Judgment text excerpt

$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment delivered on: 14.02.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3674/2024 SUVASHISH ROY @ JESSY ROY .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Ajayinder Sangwan, Mr. Arun Rathi, Mr. Rohan Sharma, Mr. Pradeep Kumar Sharma, Mr. Siddharth Gill, Mr. Smit Singh Kuru, Mr. V.P Singh, Mr. Deepak Sehrawat and Mr. Kunal Chopra, Advocates versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, Sr. Standing Counsel for NCB with Ms. Shelly Dixit, Ms. Anoshuka Bhalla, Ms. Tracy Sebastian and Mr. Pranavjeet Singh, Advocates CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present bail application filed under Section 483 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3674/2024 Page 1 of 15 Digitally Signed By:AANCHAL TAGGAR Signing Date:15.02.2025 15:44:52 2023 [hereafter ‗BNSS‘], the applicant/accused seeks regular bail in Case No. VIII/46/DZU/2021, registered by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), R.K. Puram, for offences punishable under Sections 8/20(b)(ii)(A)/21(b)/22(c)/ 23/29 of the The Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [hereafter ‗NDPS Act‘]. 2. As discernible from the record, the present case arises from an investigation into an alleged drug trafficking syndicate operating across multiple states, involving numerous accused persons engaged in the procurement, distribution, and sale of narcotic and psychotropic substances. The investigation was initiated on 04.08.2021 based on information shared by the Kolkata Zonal Unit of the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), leading to the interception of one Guhan Sarvothaman at IGI Airport, Delhi. A search of his baggage resulted in the recovery of 30 grams of Ganja and 0.45 grams of Ecstasy.