NAVEEN HANDA vs CENTRAL BUREAU NARCOTICS

IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of decision: 25th July, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4070/2024 NAVEEN HANDA .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Mercy Hussain, Mr. Nitin Narang and Ms. Kirti Singh, Advocates. versus CENTRAL BUREAU NARCOTICS .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satish Aggarwala, Senior Standing Counsel with Mr. Gagan Vaswani, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ARUN MONGA ARUN MONGA, J. (Oral) 1. Claiming himself to be falsely implicated, the applicant herein, a licensee under the Drugs and Cosmetics Act, 1940 and carrying out the business of drugs and medicines (scheduled under NDPS Act), is before this Court seeking bail for alleged offences committed under Sections 21, 22, 29 and 30 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 („NDPS Act‟), for which a case has been registered by Central Bureau of Narcotics of Delhi bearing No.PDI/DEL/Seizure/4/2024. 2. Succinct facts as pleaded in the bail application are as follows: On 13.02.2024, a team of inspectors from the Central Bureau of Narcotics 2.1. In light of these discrepancies, the applicant was informed of his rights under Section 50 of the NDPS Act. He gave written consent for a search. A detailed search of the p