ANKIT GOYAL vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

$~ * 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 3. The applicant later appeared and admitted using mobile numbers and bank accounts tied to the offence. He claimed his phone was lost but filed a report only after a co-accused was arrested. NCB’s analysis of chats, transactions, and device records established the applicant’s involvement in earlier consignments as