India, Sept. 10 -- A Special Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) court in Mumbai granted bail to accused Lalit Anil Patil and Abhishek Vilas Balkawade in the Rs.325-crore mephedrone (MD) case, holding that the investigating agency failed to establish that the grounds of their arrest had been furnished to them in writing.

Special Judge RK Deshpande, presiding over the NDPS Special Court at the City Civil and Sessions Court, Greater Bombay, allowed their bail applications on September 4. The orders were uploaded on September 8.

The two are among the accused in a case involving the alleged manufacture and trafficking of 164.172 kg of mephedrone, valued at more than Rs.325 crore.

Patil was arrested on October 18, 2023, and is...