IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH Date of decision 08.12.2025 National Investigation Agency .....Appellant Versus Ajay Gupta ......Respondent CORAM: HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE GURVINDER SINGH GILL HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE RAMESH KUMARI Present: Mr. Sukhdeep Singh Sandhu, Special Public Prosecutor for the appellant-NIA.

Mr. Aman Bansal, Advocate for the respondent.

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RAMESH KUMARI J.

1. The present appeal has been filed by the appellant-NIA against impugned order dated 25.11.2019 rendered by the learned Special Judge, NIA, Punjab, SAS Nagar Mohali vide which the respondent-Ajay Gupta has been enlarged on regular bail in NIA Case No.RC No.18/2019/NIA/DLI dated 24.07.2019 under Sections 120-B, 121-A, 122 IPC, Sections 17, 18, 18-B, 20 of The Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act and Sections 8, 16, 17, 18, 23, 24, 29, 32(b) (e) of NDPS Act.

FACTUAL MATRIX OF NIA CASE

2. a) On 29.06.2019 Custom Commissionerate, Amritsar at its Integrated Check Post (ICP), intercepted two persons namely Gurpinder Singh an Amritsar based trader and Tariq Ahmed Lone from Handwara, J&K which resulted in seizure of 532 Kg. of Heroin and 52 Kg. of mixed narcotics [Total 584 Kg the international market val