India, Feb. 28 -- The Bombay High Court has granted bail to a 23-year-old city resident arrested in July 2021 for allegedly possessing 45 sealed bottles of Codeine Phosphate syrup and 3.4 kg of marijuana, citing procedural lapses and prolonged incarceration.

A single-judge bench of Justice Milind Jadhav was hearing the third bail application of Mohammed Gulfam Mohammed Ajaz Khan, who was arrested by the Worli unit of the Mumbai Police's anti-narcotics cell. Khan approached the court contending that his arrest memo, which should have informed him of the grounds for his detention, was left blank. Additionally, he argued that the chargesheet lacked an inventory panchnama and a certificate under Section 52A of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotr...