RISHABH TANDON vs NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU DELHI

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$~ * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 25.03.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 28.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 4472/2025 RISHABH TANDON .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Pawan Kumar, Ms. Suman Saharan, Mr. Naresh Kumar and Ms. Meghna Mehla, Advocates versus NARCOTICS CONTROL BUREAU DELHI ...Respondent Through: Mr. Arun Khatri, SSC with Ms. Shelly Dixit, Advocate CORAM: HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA JUDGMENT DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J 1. By way of the present application, the applicant seeks grant of regular bail in case arising out of NCB Crime No. VIII/42/DZU/2021, registered for offences punishable under Sections 22(c)/23(c)/29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 [hereafter ‘NDPS Act’]. 2. Briefly stated, the facts of the present case are that on 26.07.2021, acting upon secret information, officials of the Signature Not Verified Digitally Signed BAIL APPLN. 4472/2025 Page 1 of 6 By:ZEENAT PRAVEEN Signing Date:28.03.2026 17:08:26 complainant department had intercepted an export parcel bearing AWB No. 8007134192 at the premises of DHL Express Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, which had been found to contain 5950 tablets of Tramadol weighing 2.083 kgs, falling within the category of psychotropic substances and constituting commercial quantity under the provisions of the NDPS Act. During investigation, it was revealed that the said parcel had initially been booked on 20.07.2021 at Trackon Courier, Hazratganj, Lucknow, by the present applicant/accused Rishabh Tandon using forged identity documents in the name of Md. Jafar. The applicant was subsequently apprehended on 02.09.2022 and, in his statement recorded under Section 67 of the NDPS Act, admitted to having booked the parcel and having received the s