India, May 22 -- The Punjab and Haryana high court has granted bail to sacked Punjab Police deputy superintendent of police (DSP) Jagdish Bhola, a kingpin of drug racket busted in 2013.

"He has been granted bail due to long period of incarceration and unlikelihood of disposal of appeals he has filed against the conviction orders by the different trial courts," senior advocate Vikram Choudhri, who appeared for Bhola in the high court, said after the hearing on Wednesday. He said with this order, Bhola would come out of the jail. A detailed order is awaited.

Bhola, an alleged kingpin of the Rs.6,000-crore drug racket is convicted in two cases while some more criminal cases are pending against him. He is behind bars since 2013. His last co...