India, Feb. 15 -- The Bombay high court on Wednesday granted bail to the managing director of Safe Formulation Pvt Ltd, arrested in April 2023 for allegedly exporting Tramadol Hydrochloride, a prescription opioid pain medication used to treat moderate to severe pain in adults, by falsely declaring it as Magnesium Citrate and Calcium Carbonate. The court granted bail to him with stringent conditions, citing prolonged incarceration and lack of conclusive evidence.

Based on an intelligence input, the Central Intelligence Unit (CIU) had intercepted an export consignment from Safe Formulation for South Sudan on February 25, 2023 at the air cargo complex at Sahar, that contained 720 kg of 'Tamol-X-225' (Tramadol Hydrochloride) labelled as Magn...