Bengaluru, April 1 -- Actor Ranya Rao approached the Karnataka High Court on Tuesday for bail, days after a sessions court in Bengaluru rejected her plea for relief.

Rao's lawyer, BS Girish, submitted the petition, which the High Court will take up next week.

On March 27, the 64th CCH Sessions Court in Bengaluru rejected the bail application of Ranya Rao in connection with a gold smuggling case. The court issued its order on Thursday.

Ranya Rao was arrested on March 3 at Bengaluru's Kempegowda International Airport after officials from the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) found her carrying gold. The Central Bureau of Investigation (CBI) later filed an FIR based on a complaint by Abhishek Chandra Gupta, Additional Director of ...