SAYED SAMEER HUSSAIN vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

BA-5391-2024.doc Ajit Pathrikar IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO. 5391 OF 2024 Syed Sameer Hussain ...Applicant Versus State Of Maharashtra and Anr. ...Respondents Mr. Hrishikesh Mundargi i/b Mr. Pravada Raut for the Applicant. Ms. Manisha R. Tidke, APP for the State-Respondent. Mr. Saket R. Ketkar, SPP for Respondent No.2-DRI. CORAM Dr. Neela Gokhale, J. RESERVED ON: 23rd September 2025 PRONOUNCED ON: 25th September 2025 JUDGMENT:- 1. By way of this application, the Applicant seeks his release on bail in connection with complaint No. DRI/MZU/C/INT-49/2023 registered with the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence, Mumbai Zonal Unit, Mumbai for offences punishable under Section 21(c), 23(c), 27(A), 28, 29, 30, 35, 54 read with Section 8(c) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (“NDPS Act”). th 25 September 2025 BA-5391-2024.doc 2. The case set up by the prosecution is as under: i) On 3rd April 2023, acting on specific intelligence, one Mr. Imran Ahmed Mohammed namely, the Accused No.1 was intercepted at CSMI Airport. He arrived from Ethiopia. Approximately, 1970 grams of cocaine was recovered from his l