SOM DUTT SHARMA vs DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Pronounced on:5th March, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 4790/2024 SOM DUTT SHARMA S/o Late Sh. Jagdish Prasad Sharma R/o G-1, Plot No. 35, Gyan Khand-2, Indirapuram, Ghaziabad, UP-201014 ....Appellant Through: Mr. A.K. Mishra, Mr. Sudhanshu Dwivedi, Mr. Arpit Mishra and Mr. Anik Srivastav, Advocates. versus DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE, ABHINAV SETH, INTELLIGENCE OFFICER, HEADQUARTERS NEW DELHI ....Respondent Through: Mr. Satish Aggarwal, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. First Regular Bail Application under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (hereinafter referred to as „Cr.P.C.‟)/Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as „B.N.S.S.‟) read with Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as „NDPS Act‟) has been filed on behalf of the Appellant, Mr. Som Dutt Sharma claiming regular Bail in Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 4790/2024 Page 1 of 19 Digitally Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:05.03.2025 17:28:02 Complaint bearing SC No. 180/2024 under Section 21/23 and 29 of the NDPS Act, 1985. 2. As per the case of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (hereinafter referred to as „DRI‟ ), information was received in the Office of Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Headquarters that Mr. Som Dutt Sharma (Applicant) holding an Indian Passport No. T0949210 would be arriving at Tribunal-3, Indira Gandhi Airport (hereinafter referred to as „IGI Airport‟), New Delhi by Ethiopian Airlines Flight No. ET920 dated 18.09.2023 from Accra (ACC), Ghana to Addis Ababa (ADD) via Flight No. ET686 dated 19.09.2023, would be arriving at New Delhi at 08:10 hrs on 19.09.2023 a