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Allahabad HC grants bail to NDPS accused held with 350 kg ganja'

The Allahabad High Court has granted bail to an Ayodhya man arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau after allegedly being found in the possession of nearly 350 kg of ganja. A Lucknow bench of the high court granted bail to Ayodhya resident Kaleem, booked under the stringent provisions of the NDPS Act in January 2019, ruling that he has a fit case for bail according to the larger mandate of Article 21 of the Constitution of India dealing with the Fundamental Right to life and personal liberty. While granting bail to the accused on October 21, a bench of Justice Siddharth also held the case worth enlarging the accused on the bail in the view of the nature of accusations and the nature of evidence in support thereof. The accused had been in jail since January 18, 2019. The NCB had arrested the accused with heavy contraband in possession and hence booked him under the NDPS Act. The FIR in the case was lodged at the NCB police station in the Ayodhya district. In his bail plea, the ac

Aryan Khan bail plea: Bombay HC to continue hearing arguments tomorrow

Justice N W Sambre began hearing the bail application on Tuesday

No bail for Aryan Khan yet as HC to continue hearing tomorrow

Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3

Cruise ship drug seizure: NDPS court grants bail to two accused

A special NDPS Act court here on Tuesday granted bail to two persons arrested in a drug seizure case in which Bollywood actor Shah Rukh Khan's son Aryan is one of the accused. Manish Rajgaria and Avin Sahu became the first accused in this high-profile case to get bail. The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) had claimed that the two were among the "guests" on the cruise ship where narcotic drugs were recovered off the Mumbai coast on October 2. The NCB has arrested as many as 20 people in the case including Aryan Khan. The special court for Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act cases had earlier rejected the bail applications of Aryan and two others in the case. The Bombay High Court is now hearing their bail pleas.

Aryan Khan drugs case: Sameer Wankhede in Delhi to meet NCB chief

The official reached Delhi Monday night to meet the Director General of NCB in connection with bribery allegations.

Aryan Khan tried to tamper with evidence, influence witnesses: NCB to HC

A single bench of Justice N W Sambre is likely to take the plea for hearing later in the day.

Cruise drugs case: Actor Ananya Panday fails to appear before NCB

Panday was earlier questioned by the NCB for two days last week and was called again on Monday.

NCB orders vigilance probe into extortion allegations involving Wankhede

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has ordered a vigilance inquiry into the claims made by a witness in the cruise drugs case of an extortion bid of Rs 25 crore by some agency officials

Drugs case: NCB, Sameer Wankhede move court against extortion allegations

The anti-drugs agency and Wankhede in their affidavits said this was an attempt to create hurdles and scuttle the investigation in the case.

'Not your production house': Ananya reprimanded at NCB for arriving late

Actor Ananya Panday was reportedly reprimanded by Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) Mumbai zonal director Sameer Wankhede for her arriving late at the probe agency's office on Friday.Pandey was summoned by NCB for questioning in the ongoing cruise drugs case on Friday at 11 am but the actor could only reach the probe agency's office after 2 pm along with her father Actor Chunky Panday.According to the sources in NCB, Wankhede told Ananya that probe agency's office was not a "production house"."You were asked to come at 11.00 am and you are arriving now. Officers are not sitting here, waiting for just you..... This is not your production house, this is the office of a central agency. Come at the time you are called at," sources quoted Wankhede as saying.Panday left the NCB office on Friday evening after being questioned in the ongoing cruise drugs case.She was summoned by the probe agency on Thursday as well.During the questioning on Thursday, the actor denied the allegations of supplying

Drugs-on-cruise case: Special court refuses bail to Aryan Khan

Aryan Khan, his friend Arbaaz Merchant and fashion model Munmun Dhamecha will now have to approach the Bombay High Court for bail

Aryan Khan moves Bombay High Court for bail in cruise drugs case

Aryan Khan, the son of Bollywood superstar Shah Rukh Khan, approached the Bombay High Court on Wednesday

Mumbai cruise raid: Aryan Khan speaks to parents via video call from jail

Inmates are allowed 10 minutes to talk to their family members.

Court to pass order on Aryan Khan's bail plea on October 20

Earlier, a magistrate's court had rejected the bail pleas of Aryan Khan, Munmun Dhamecha and Arbaaz Merchant.

Probe reveals Aryan's role in procurement and consumption of drugs: NCB

Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3 following a raid on the Goa-bound cruise ship and is presently in judicial custody.

Mumbai cruise raid: NCB hands over reply opposing bail plea of Aryan Khan

The Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) has handed over copies of their reply to the lawyers concerned on bail applications of Aryan Khan

Drugs case: Special court to hear Aryan Khan's bail plea on Wednesday

Aryan Khan was arrested on October 3. He is currently in judicial custody and lodged at the Arthur Road prison in Mumbai.

Brown sugar worth Rs 2.40 crore seized, 3 drug peddlers arrested by STF

The Special Task Force of Odisha Police Monday seized brown sugar worth Rs 2.40 crore and arrested three persons in this connection in Balasore district, an officer said. Acting on intelligence inputs, the STF team nabbed three drug peddlers during a raid at Jaleswar in Balasore district and seized 2.402 kg of brown sugar, the officer said. A case has been registered against the three peddlers under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, 1985 and further investigation is underway. As part of its special drive against narcotic drugs, STF has seized over 38 kg brown sugar and more than 84.28 quintals of ganja since 2020. Over a hundred drug dealers have been arrested in this connection during the period, an official press release said.

Prescription drugs, controlled chemicals fuel illicit drug trade in India

India ranks among countries reporting opioid seizures, and concerns are rising over prescription drugs and their ingredients being increasingly diverted towards recreational use and illicit trade

Narcotics Control Bureau arrests SSR flatmate Sidharth Pithani in drug case

In a major action, the bureau on Friday said it had arrested Sidharth Pithani, flatmate of late Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput, in a drug-related case