Court rejects fourth bail plea of 67-year-old in drug case
Chandigarh, Oct. 9 -- A special court has rejected the fourth bail application of 67-year-old Kharati Lal, accused of conspiring to plant 1kg ganja in the car of an advocate to allegedly falsely implicate him in an Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act case. The court noted that Kharati Lal had earlier been declared a proclaimed offender in the present case and in a separate bank robbery case in Himachal Pradesh.
According to the prosecution, the case dates back to September 24, 2022, when police recovered three packets containing 502 grams, 463 grams and 400 grams of ganja from a Honda car belonging to advocate Ashok Sehgal in Sector 11. During investigation, Sehgal told police about an ongoing property dispute with Kharati Lal and his family members. Seeking bail, his counsel argued that there was no CCTV footage or eyewitness linking him to the vehicle and no contraband had been recovered from his conscious possession. The counsel also cited his age, previous liver-transplant surgery and prolonged custody.
Opposing the plea, the prosecution highlighted his previous history of evading the legal process dismissed the bail application....
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