AZEEM AHMED vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU (NCB)

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: March 25th, 2025 Pronounced on: March 27th, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 540/2025 AZEEM AHMED S/o Tanveer Ahmed R/o B-92, 5A, Borari, New Tihri, Uttrakhand. .....Petitioner Through: Mr. M.L. Yadav, Mr. Harish Chand, Mr. Anant Chittoria, Mr. P.C. Arya, Mr. Deepak Ahlawat, Mr. Prabhav Chittoria and Mr. Parkash Arya, Advocates. versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU (NCB) Delhi Zonal Unit West Block-1, Wing No.7, R.K. Puram, New Delhi-110066. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, SSCNCB with Shelly Dixit and T. Sebastian, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA JUDGMENT NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. The Bail Application under Section 483 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 540/2025 Page 1 of 15 By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:27.03.2025 17:45:01 Suraksha Sanhita, 2023(„B.N.S.S. 2023‟ hereinafter) read with Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 („Cr.P.C.‟ hereinafter) has been filed to seek Regular Bail in Case No. VIII/38/DZU/2021 , under Sections 21/22/23/25/27A & 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 („NDPS‟ hereinafter), registered at Police Station Narcotics Control Bureau („NCB‟ hereinafter) R.K. Puram, New Delhi. 2. As per the case of the Prosecution, information was received on 25.04.2022 by Amrit Kumar Tiwary, Superintendent, NCB-Delhi Zonal Unit („DZU‟ hereinafter) from Sh. Harish Upadhayay, Deputy Superintendent, Gujarat, ATS that a suspected person namely Md. Imran was transporting narcotic drugs in an MG Hector Car bearing Registration No. HR 87E 1111 from Muzaffarnagar scheduled to arrive at Delhi on the intervening night of 25.04.2022 and 26.04.2022 and a substantial quantity of narcotics drugs could be recovered. 3. This info