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IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI

Date of decision: 15 June 2021

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CRL.A. 39/2021

ASIF IQBAL TANHA

..... Appellant

Through:

Mr. Siddharth Aggarwal, Advocate

with Ms. Sowjhanya Shankaran, Mr.

Siddharth Satija, Mr. Abhinav Sekhri

& Ms. Nitika Khaitan, Advocates

versus

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI

..... Respondent

Through:

Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG alongwith Mr.

Amit Mahajan, Mr. Rajat Nair and

Mr. Amit Prasad, SPPs with Mr.

Ujjwal Sinha, Mr. Aniket Seth, Mr.

R i t w i z R i s h a b h , M s . R i y a

Krishnamurthy and Mr. Dhruv Pande,

Advocates.

Sh. P. S. Kushwaha, DCP with Sh.

Alok Kumar, Addl. DCP, Special

Cell, Insp. Lokesh Kumar Sharma and

Insp. Anil Kumar.

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SIDDHARTH MRIDUL

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI

J U D G M E N T

ANUP JAIRAM BHAMBHANI J.

Introduction

By way of the present appeal under section 21(4) of the National

Investigation Agency Act 2008 (‘NIA Act’, for short), the appellant Asif

CRL.A. 39/2021

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Iqbal Tanha, a 25 year old stu