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* IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI % Judgment reserved on: 06.02.2026 Judgment pronounced on: 27.03.2026 Judgment uploaded on: 28.03.2026 + BAIL APPLN. 3211/2025 DEEPAK KHURANA .....Petitioner Through: Mr. Sunil Dalal, Sr Adv. with Mr. Harish Chand, Mr. Anant Chittoria, Mr. Deepak Ahlawat and Mr. P.C. Arya, Advs.

versus NATIONAL INVESTIGATION AGENCY .....Respondent Through: Ms. Shilpa Singh, SPP and Ms.

Priyam Agrawal, Advs.

CORAM:

HON'BLE DR. JUSTICE SWARANA KANTA SHARMA

JUDGMENT

DR. SWARANA KANTA SHARMA, J

1. By way of the present application, the applicant is seeking grant of regular bail in case arising out of FIR bearing no. RC- 35/2022/NIA/DLI, registered at Police Station National Investigation Agency, Delhi, for the commission of offences punishable under Section 21(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 a consignment of liquorice roots (Mulethi), which had been imported from Afghanistan, had been intercepted, and upon inspection, a total of 102.784 kilograms of heroin had been recovered concealed therein. The said consignment had allegedly been imported by a