Bengaluru: The Supreme Court on Thursday granted bail to Kannada Actor Ragini Dwivedi who had been arrested by the police for allegedly consuming and supplying drugs at parties and events organized by her and others.
Relief was granted by a Bench headed by Justice Rohinton Nariman based on the finding that Section 37 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act was incorrectly invoked against Dwivedi. The Karnataka High Court had in November 2020 rejected Dwivedi’s bail application holding that custodial interrogation of the accused persons was required in order to discover evidence in the drug case investigation.
Interestingly, on the point of quantity of the contraband substance, the High Court had clarified that the decision of the Bombay High Court in granting bail to Rhea Chakraborty would not apply in this case. Drawing inference from the said decision, the Court held that the offence punishable under Section 27(A) of NDPS Act is not quantity specific.
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