India, Jan. 8 -- The Punjab and Haryana High Court has denied bail to two men in a case related to the smuggling of narcotics, arms and explosives from Pakistan via drones to fund terror activities in India.

The court denied bail to Gurmukh Singh, the son of former Akal Takht Jathedar Jasbir Singh Rode, and Gurmej Singh. The Division Bench of Justices Gurvinder Singh Gill and Ramesh Kumari passed the order on December 5 last year.

The bench observed that sponsoring terrorism is an "expensive affair" and the charge is that heroin is smuggled into the country from across the border to fund terrorist activities. "The facts brought on record by the respondent NIA prima facie prove the involvement of the appellants in the terrorist activitie...