ANNABELLE ANALISTA MALIBAGO vs DRI

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$~11 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Date of Decision: 12.03.2025 + CRL.A. 177/2016 ANNABELLE ANALISTA MALIBAGO .....Appellant Through: Mr. Inderjeet Sidhu, Adv. DHCLSC versus DRI .....Respondent Through: Mr. Satish Aggarwala, Sr. SC with Mr. Gagan Vaswani, Adv. CORAM: HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE JASMEET SINGH : JASMEET SINGH, J (ORAL) 1. This is an appeal seeking to challenge the impugned judgment dated 19.03.2014 and the order of sentence dated 26.03.2014 passed by learned ASJ (Special Judge-NDPS), Saket Court Complex, New Delhi wherein the learned Trial Court convicted the appellant for the offences under section 21(c) of the NDPS Act and sentenced to 10 years of rigorous imprisonment. 2. As per the available record, the appellant has completed the sentence and left India. 3. The facts of the present case that on 15.10.2008, the PW-1, Ms. Anju Singh received a secret information that a Philippian National (appellant) Digitally Signed CRL.A. 177/2016 Page 1 of 9 By:MAYANK Signing Date:27.03.2025 17:25:16 would be travelling from Delhi to Hyderabad by the Spice Jet Flight No. SG-237, which was scheduled to depart at 05:20 PM on that day from the Terminal 1-B of the Domestic Airport of New Delhi and she will be carrying some narcotic drugs concealed in her buggage. PW-1 immediately reduced the said information in writing as Ex. PW-l/A and had put up the same before her senior officer/PW4 Sh. Ramesh Kumar, who in-turn, had further placed it before PW2 Sh. Nilank Kumar, who had directed for the immediate constitution of a raiding team for interception of the above passenger and seizure of the contraband. 4. A team of the DRI Officers had reached at the check-in counter of the above airlines at around 02:45 PM on that day and the officers of DRI had joined two public wit