Bathinda, May 2 -- Nearly a month after senior police constable Amandeep Kaur -- now dismissed -- was caught with 17.7 gm heroin, she was let off on bail by the district and sessions court, Bathinda, on Thursday.

Additional district sessions judge Mahesh Grover ordered her release from judicial custody, stating that "the alleged recovery falls within the scope of non-commercial category". The court also ordered her to furnish a bail bond of Rs.50,000 with a surety of the same amount.

She was arrested with 17.7 gm heroin from Badal Road in Bathinda city on April 2 while driving in a black SUV.

The court observed that Amandeep has been subjected to custodial interrogation for multiple days, and no other offence has been added to the list...