HC grants bail to customs clearing agent in 191kg heroin haul
Hindustan TimesMUMBAI: The Bombay high court on Thursday granted bail to a Mumbai-resident who was arrested in 2021 for possession of 191kg heroin, stored in a Mumbai-based warehouse. HC grants bail to customs clearing agent in 191kg heroin haul Kondibhau Gunjal, a partner of M/s M.B. Agreeing with Dr. Kantawala, justice Bharat Deshpande granted bail to the accused on the conditions that he would attend the trial proceedings on every date, deposit his passport with the trial court, and would not travel outside the jurisdiction without the permission of the trial court. “The clearing agent or a person who is facilitating the agent to clear the consignment is not supposed to know an exact material which is found in the said consignment though such bills required to be mentioned about it,” the court said, while granting bail to Gunjal.
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