AMARPAL vs DIRECTORATE OF REVENU INTELLIGENCE

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Reserved on:27th October, 2025 Pronounced on: 29th October, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 310/2025 AMARPAL .....Petitioner SH. LAKHMI CHAND KOTALA RIO KOTLA, MIRAPUR KHURD, MUZAFFARNAGAR, PIN: 251315, UTTAR PRADESH Through: Mr. Divakar Upadhyaya, Advocate. versus DIRECTORATE OF REVENUE INTELLIGENCE.....Respondent THROUGH I.O. DRUM SHAP BUILDING, LP. EST ATE, NEW DELHI Through: Mr. Satish Aggarwala, Senior Standing Counsel and Mr. Gagan Vaswani, Advocate. CORAM: HON'BLE MS. JUSTICE NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA J U D G M E N T NEENA BANSAL KRISHNA, J. 1. Bail Application under Section 438 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (hereinafter referred to as “BNSS”) has been filed on behalf of the Applicant/Amarpal, seeking grant of Regular Bail in SC No. 161/2022 under Sections 20/23/25/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Signature Not Verified Signed By:VIKAS BAIL APPLN. 310/2025 Page 1 of 10 ARORA Signing Date:29.10.2025 18:56:37 Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (hereinafter referred to as “NDPS Act”). 2. It is submitted that the Applicant was arrested on 29.10.2021 by the official of the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence and since then he is in Judicial Custody. 3. The facts as per the Complaint by the Respondent/Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) are that on 29.10.2021 at 10:00 AM, an information was received by Sh. Pradeep Kumar, Intelligence Officer, DRI, Headquarters, New Delhi that one White Colour Mahindra Bolero bearing No. UP25DT6298, occupied by one person wearing Pink shirt and brown trousers would be at Ramraj Town Mandi, Near Miranpur, Muzaffarnagar on the Miranpur-Meerut road, between 03-04 PM and narcotic substance/Charas would be concealed inside the said vehicle. 4. At around 02:30 PM, the white Mahindra Bolero was foun