AJIT JAISWAL vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

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$~7 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 07.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3506/2024 AJIT JAISWAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Rahul Gupta, Ms. Yati Ranjan and Ms. Anuja Sihna, Advs. versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, SC with Ms. Shelly Dixit and Ms. Tracy Sebastin, Advs. CORAM: HON’BLE MS. JUSTICE SHALINDER KAUR SHALINDER KAUR, J (ORAL) 1. The present application has been filed under Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 wherein the petitioner seeks regular bail in case No. VIII/37/DZU/2023 dated 14.03.2024 for offence under Section 8(c)/22(c)/23(c) and 29 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS). 2. The brief facts of the case are that, on 01.08.2023 at around 1400 hours, Shri Manoj Kumar Yadav, JIO, received secret information that a parcel consignment bearing Airway Bill No. 781638052022 was lying at Skart Global Express Private Ltd, IGI Airport, New Delhi, and was suspected to contain a large quantity of narcotic/psychotropic substances. Acting on the said tip, Shri Sandeep Kumar, JIO, constituted a raiding team and proceeded to the spot. Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:RASHIM KAPOOR BAIL APPLN. 3506/2024 Signing Date:08.07.2025 Page 1 of 8 11:20:31 Upon reaching the location, he met Shri K.K. Yadav, Security Officer, Skart Global Express Private Ltd, and shared the information with him. Thereafter, Shri K.K. Yadav produced the suspected parcel bearing Airway Bill No. 781638052022 before the NCB officials. 3. After procedural compliances, the raiding team examined the intercepted parcel, which was a white coloured carton box wrapped with transparent tape. On one side of the parcel, certain documents were affixed, which were duly separated from the box. T