New Delhi, May 21 -- The Delhi High Court recently granted bail to a man accused of drug trafficking after the police made recoveries of drugs from the accused in the absence of an independent public witness and without photography or videography of the same.

Police had allegedly recovered 12 kilograms of hash (charas) he carried from Nepal and registered an FIR under sections of the NDPS Act.

Justice Amit Mahajan granted bail to the accused Wahid Ahmed after the recovery of the drugs was made in the absence of an independent public witness and without photography, videography.

Justice Mahajan said, "The effort, if any, made by the prosecution to have the search conducted in the presence of the independent witnesses or explanation for ...