P&H: grants bail to NDPS accused after 18 months in custody
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to Kartara Ram, also known as Kartar Singh, who was arrested in March 2025 in a case involving the alleged recovery of 85.35 kg of doda post. Justice Sumeet Goel allowed his petition under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita.
The petitioner argued that he had been in custody for more than a year and a half, that the trial had been delayed through no fault of his own, and that mandatory provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act had not been followed. The State opposed...
