Drugs Seizure Case: Noida Court Grants Interim Bail To 3 Students To Write Exams

A local court of Noida has recently granted interim bail to 3 university students who got arrested on charges of drug trafficking, while 6 others, including a student, were sent to judicial custody.

The accused, arrested on Monday, were booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act (NDPS Act) after they were charged with drug trafficking.

However, when produced in the court, the judicial magistrate granted interim bail to 3 of the students on the grounds that they have exams to take up this week, while others were sent to jail.

Police stated in a statement, “The accused were produced in the court which heard the bail plea of 3 students – Aditya, Apoorva and Sagar and granted them bail till December 1, considering they have examinations to take up this week.”
The police stated, “When enquired about the exams, the private university confirmed that exams have started from November 28,” adding they are consulting the prosecution counsel to get the bails cancelled.

According to a police official, the 3 students were released after submitting personal bonds of Rs 30,000 along with sureties of a similar amount and have been ordered to surrender before the court on December 1.

The Noida police on Monday stated that they have arrested 9 people, including the 4 students, over their alleged involvement in supply of drugs to college-goers and others.

The police seized a variety of Indian and foreign-origin drugs, including marijuana, cocaine, hashish, and MDMA, estimated worth around Rs 30 lakh in black market and claimed international links in the racket.

Furthermore, the arrests were made by officials of Sector 126 police station as part of crackdown on narcotics on instructions of Noida Police Commissioner Laxmi Singh, Deputy Commissioner of Police Harish Chander said.

Sharing details of recovery from the accused, police stated that they have seized 15 kg of marijuana procured from Shillong & Udaipur, 30 gm of cocaine, 20 gm of MDMA (pills), 150 gm of hashish, and 65 gm of foreign-origin marijuana.

Police stated that they have seized 2 electronic weighing machines, 10 mobile phones, Rs 3,200 cash, besides impounding an SUV and 2 motorcycles all of which were used for drugs supply by the accused.

Police stated that those arrested have been identified as Akshay Kumar (32), Rajan Singh (20), Darshan Jain (21), Aditya Kumar (21), Satendra Srivastava (21), Sagar Bajaj (22), Anit Som (22), Apoorva Saxena (28) and Narendra Kumar (28).