This is an archive article published on June 7, 2023

Court rejects NCB’s plea to cancel bail to Bharti Singh, husband

Singh and Harsh Limbachiya were arrested in 2020 by the NCB for alleged possession of ganja. They were granted bail by a magistrate court a day later. The NCB had challenged the order.

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IN A relief to comedian Bharti Singh, a special court rejected an application filed by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to cancel the bail granted to Singh and her husband in a drugs case in 2020.

Singh and Harsh Limbachiya were arrested in 2020 by the NCB for alleged possession of ganja. They were granted bail by a magistrate court a day later. The NCB had challenged the order.

In its application, the NCB claimed that its special public prosecutor had informed the court that he would not be able to remain present before the court as he had a hearing in another court. The investigating officer too could not remain present. The NCB said that in their absence, bail was granted to the two.

The agency said that no opportunity was given to them to oppose the bail plea and hence the order was illegal.

The special court, in a recent order, said that the magistrate court had kept the case for the reply of the NCB but neither the prosecutor nor investigator remained present.

“Therefore, it is not the case that the prosecution was not given opportunity to oppose the application but it is fault on the part of the prosecution that they did not avail the opportunity to file reply…” the special court said adding that the magistrate’s court order granting them bail was not illegal. The court also said that there are no allegations that Singh or Limbachiya had done any violations of the conditions of their bail.

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