India, June 27 -- The Bombay high court (HC) recently granted bail to two licensed chemists who were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB), Mumbai, in connection with the alleged illegal transport of Nitrazepam tablets-a prescription medication used to treat insomnia and a powerful hypnotic drug which possesses strong sedative and skeletal muscle relaxant properties.

Justice NR Borkar, hearing the bail pleas, noted that both accused were licensed chemists and had prima facie obtained the tablets through legal means.

The NCB had arrested the duo in May 2023 during a crackdown on an alleged interstate drug syndicate operating out of Pune. Officials had seized approximately 5,900 Nitrazepam tablets during the raid. The chemists we...