IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH

Reserved on : 08.12.2025

Date of Decision: 19.12.2025

Amit Gambhir

... Appellant

V/S

National Investigation Agency

... Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURVINDER SINGH GILL

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMARI Present: Mr. R.S. Cheema, Senior Advocate with

Mr. Ishan Khetarpal, Advocate

for the appellant.

Mr. Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu, Special Prosecutor

for the respondent-NIA.

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RAMESH KUMARI, J.

1. Prayer in this appeal is for setting aside order dated 17.07.2023, passed

in the 4^th bail application No. 1635 of 2023 by Special Judge, NIA, Punjab, SAS Nagar (Mohali) wherein appellant's prayer for bail pending trial in RC No.18/2019/NIA/DLI dated 24.07.2019 under Section 120-B, 121-A, 122 of IPC, Sections 8, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 29 and 32(b)(e) of NDPS Act and Sections 18, 18-B and 20 of Unlawful Activities

(Prevention) Act (for short 'UA(P) Act’).

2. Brief facts, as per prosecution version, are that a Pakistani truck

bearing No.C-1704 having a permit dated 26.06.2019, issued by Pakistan Customs, entered Indian territory at about 5:40 P.M. on 26.06.2019. Driver of truck, one Asif Raja offloaded 600 polypropylene bags of

consignment declared as light p