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Mumbai court grants interim bail to woman in NDPS case after gender surgery complication
Mumbai court grants interim bail to woman in NDPS case after gender surgery complication
A special NDPS court in Mumbai granted one-month interim bail to a 24-year-old woman arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport with 3.46 kg of alleged ganja. The court, presided by Special…
The Story in Brief
A special NDPS court in Mumbai granted one-month interim bail to a 24-year-old woman arrested at Chhatrapati Shivaji Maharaj International Airport with 3.46 kg of alleged ganja. The court, presided by Special Judge Arvind M Bhandarwar, considered her medical emergency: profuse bleeding after gender-reassignment surgery, despite treatment at JJ and KEM hospitals.
The accused sought temporary relief through video conferencing, while the prosecution had not filed a reply to her application. The judge noted the contraband falls under intermediate quantity under the NDPS Act and that her main bail plea is still pending. The court directed her release on a personal bond of ₹50,000 with one or two solvent sureties. As a condition, she must surrender her passport and appear before the court when the interim period ends.
The Indian Opinion
The court's decision to grant interim bail on medical grounds is a humane application of the law, not a sign of leniency towards drug offences. Some narratives will frame this as the judiciary being soft on narcotics, but that misses the point: the NDPS Act itself allows for bail in intermediate quantity cases, and medical emergencies are well-established grounds for temporary relief. The real test is whether this becomes a pattern for frivolous claims or remains an exceptional, medically verified case. Watch for the prosecution's response to the main bail plea pending before the same judge.
Source: hindustantimes.com
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