V.K. Jain, J.

The case of the respondent NCB, in nutshell, is as follows.

On 16.9.2004 at about 6.00 pm, Shri N.S.Yadav, Intelligence Officer of NCB received a secret information that one person, namely, Soni aged about 22-23 years and resident of kharkhari Jatmal, Nazafgarh, Delhi would deliver about 10 kilogram of hashish out of the huge quantity of 75 kilogram received by him, to one of his customers at Subji Mandi, Nazafgarh between 3.00 pm to 4.00 pm on the next day. After the information had been reduced into writing and submitted to a superior officer, a search authorization was drawn in favour of Shri H.K.Pandey, Intelligence Officer and a team consisting of Mr.H.K.Pandey, Mr.Rajeshwar Singh, Mr.Mangal Dass, Mr.Ashwani Kumar, Mr.N.S.Yadav and other staff members reached the aforesaid spot where they met two public witness, namely, Dev Baux and Manoj. When the information was shared with them, they agreed to join the team of NCB officers. At about 3.20 pm, a person wearing kurtapajama and having light beard got down from a bus at the above-referred bus stand and started conversing with a young person who was already waiting for him. After a few seconds, the person wh