GURJIT SINGH vs NCB & ANR.

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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI Reserved on: 21st August, 2025 Pronounced on: 12th September, 2025 + BAIL APPLN. 2739/2025 GURJIT SINGH .....Applicant Through: Mr. N. Hariharan, Senior Advocate with Mr. Siddharth Yadav, Mr. Rahul Sambhar, Ms. Ayush Kr. Singh, Mr. Kashish Ahuja, Ms. Rekha Punya Angara, Ms. Sana Singh, Ms. Vasundhara N., Ms. Vasundhara Raj Tyagi, Ms. Gauri, Mr. Vinayak Gautam, Mr. Aman Akhtar and Mr. Arjan Singh Mandla, Advocates. versus NCB & ANR. .....Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, SSC with Ms. Shelly Dixit, Ms. Tracy Sebastian and Mr. Devender Singh, Advocates. CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SANJEEV NARULA JUDGMENT SANJEEV NARULA, J.: 1. The present application filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 20231 (formerly Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 19732) seeks regular bail in proceedings arising from NCB Case No. VIII/01/DZU/2024, registered under Section 1 “BNSS” 2 “CrPC” Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 2739/2025 Page 1 of 18 By:ANITA BAITAL Signing Date:12.09.2025 20:56:10 8/9A/22/23/25/25A/27A/28/29/30 of the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 19853 at P.S. NCB-DZU. FACTS 2. The brief facts as emerging from the complaint are as under: 2.1. On 17th January, 2024, acting on specific information, a parcel booked through DHL Express, Rama Road, New Delhi, bearing AWB No. 5115949005 and destined for Adelaide, Australia, was examined. The search led to the recovery of 2.946 kg of a white crystalline substance, subsequently confirmed to be Methamphetamine, which was seized under a Panchnama prepared on the spot. Investigation revealed that the parcel had been booked on 16th January, 2024 through a Jaipur-based DTDC franchise. Follow-up action at Jaipur resulted in the i