India, Feb. 20 -- The Bombay high court on Tuesday granted bail to the man caught with 24 kg of high-quality hashish, a potent form of cannabis, while returning from a family trip to Kashmir, citing non-compliance of statutory provisions of the Narcotics Drugs & Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act and the undertrial's prolonged incarceration.

Bandu Dagadu Udanshive was arrested after Dahisar police seized 8 kg of hashish from his possession and an additional 16 kg from the cavities in the door and trunk of the car he was travelling in with his family. Besides Udanshive, his wife, daughter, son-in-law, and a child were also in the Santro when it was intercepted by the police at the Dahisar check post on October 24, 2021, after a tip-off. ...