YESAK ANGSOM GEBRREEGIZAGABER vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

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$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Date of Decision: 28.07.2025 + BAIL APPLN. 1100/2025, CRL.M.(BAIL) 583/2025 & CRL.M.A. 8322/2025 YESAK ANGSOM GEBRREEGIZAGABER .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Arshiya Ghose, Advocate versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, Standing Counsel for NCB with Ms. Shelly Dixit, Advocate CORAM: JUSTICE GIRISH KATHPALIA J U D G M E N T (ORAL) 1. The accused/applicant, suffering incarceration from 15.10.2022, seeks regular bail in case Crime No. VIII/74/DZU/2022 of PS NCB, DZU, RK Puram for offence under Section 8/21/23/29/34/54 NDPS Act. 2. The respondent, Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), filed status report opposing the bail application. 3. I heard learned counsel for both sides. 4. Broadly speaking, the case set up by prosecution is that they seized 4.98 kg of cocaine from Dipali Odiwanor during a raid in Tilak Nagar, New Delhi and in her statement under Section 67 NDPS Act, she admitted having received the contraband from one Dawit Hayelom Berhe and one Desalegn Antafu Abebe at Hotel Apex Regency, Mumbai on instructions of her husband Peter Chukwuemeka Odiwanor. Pursuant to summons issued by NCB, the said Dawit Hayelom Berhe and Desalegn Antafu Abebe disclosed BAIL APPLN. 1100/2025 Page 1 of 3 pages GIRISH Digitally signed by GIRISH KATHPALIA Signature Not Verified KATHPALIA Date: 2025.07.28 17:43:27 +05'30' Digitally Signed By:NEETU N NAIR Signing Date:28.07.2025 17:53:52 to have been sent to India from Addis Ababa, Ethiopia by one Aklilu Abebe, who provided them with trolley bags containing cocaine. Further, the said Desalegn Antafu Abebe allegedly disclosed that the present accused/applicant, also staying in Hotel Apex Regency had come to India on 13.10.2022 and one Ethiopian national lady was exp