ANKIT GOYAL vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 08th July 2025 Pronounced on: 22nd July 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 590/2024 ANKIT GOYAL .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Swarandeep Singh, Advocate Versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shelly Dixit and Ms. Tracy Sebastian, Advs. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE RAVINDER DUDEJA JUDGMENT RAVINDER DUDEJA, J. 1. The present first petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 is filed on behalf of the petitioner for grant of anticipatory bail in Crime No. VIII/21/DZU/2023 under Sections 8C, 22C, 23C, and 29 of the NDPS Act, registered at Police Station NCB, R.K. Puram, New Delhi. 2. Facts as per the status report submitted by the NCB are that, on 08.05.2023, the NCB seized 14,700 Alprazolam tablets and 10,030 Tramadol tablets from a courier parcel in Mahipalpur, Delhi. BAIL APPLN. 590/2024 Page 1 of 12 Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed By:VAISHALI PRUTHI Signing Date:22.07.2025 17:05:20 Investigation revealed the parcel was booked under the name Niraj Kumar Pathak and traced to SSB Enterprise in Gwalior. Statements of various persons were recorded, including booking clerk of SS enterprise Mr. Pushpendra, bus driver named Mahesh, Rashid @ Munna Kulli and Pankaj Sahu, which revealed the role of the present applicant Ankit Goyal. On 14.05.2023, Pankaj Sahu in his statement under section 67 NDPS Act disclosed that at the instructions of applicant, he used to receive the parcel from Jhansi bus stand and hand over the same to the applicant, and the applicant coordinated the consignments, shared Aadhaar details, and made payments for booking parcels. The applicant's mobile number was linked to chats with the courier agent, and CDR/IP logs confirmed his location with co-accused. He was grant