AMAR THAKUR vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on: 4th November, 2025 Pronounced on: 7th November, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 3255/2025 AMAR THAKUR S/o Shiv Kumar Thakur R/o Highland Garden, H2 Building, Flat No. 502, 5th Floor, PS Thane District Thane, Maharashtra, Mumbai .....Petitioner Through: Ms. Sushma Sharma, Advocate. versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU Through Investigation Officer Delhi Zonal Unit West Block-1, Wing-VII, R.K. Puram New Delhi - 110066 .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri SSC, NCB Shelly Dixit, Ms. Anoushka Bhalla, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. First Bail Application under Section 483 read with Section 528 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, filed on behalf of the Applicant, Amar Thakur, seeking Regular Bail in Case No. VIII/26/DZU/2024, registered under Sections 8(c), 22(c), 28 and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Signature Not Verified BAIL APPLN. 3255/2025 Page 1 of 14 Signed By:VIKAS ARORA Signing Date:10.11.2025 18:06:58 Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as the “NDPS Act”) at NCB, Delhi Zonal Unit. 2. Briefly stated, on 23.07.2024, a secret information was received, pursuant to which the Respondent seized 7,97,400 Alprazolam tablets (commercial quantity/psychotropic substance) from ten carton boxes bearing AWB No. D02350865 at DTDC Express Pvt. Ltd., Khasra No. 6/16, Telephone Exchange Road, Samalkha, New Delhi. As per the documents Berkeley Agencies, Saraswati Vihar, Dehradun, Uttarakhand was the sender and Ajay Pandey, GHVH+M87, Mahipalpur, Rangpuri Road, K-Block, Mahipalpur, Delhi–110037, Phone No. 9967399895 as the receiver. 3. During the investigation, it was revealed that the receiver was not present in Delhi and had arranged for d