Chandigarh, June 2 -- Jagdish Bhola, a former Deputy Superintendent of Punjab Police and once a celebrated wrestler, walked out of Bathinda Central Jail on Sunday evening after spending nearly 12 years behind bars in one of Punjab's most high-profile drug trafficking cases.

Bhola was released after a bail order was issued by the Punjab and Haryana High Court on May 21. Confirming the news, Bathinda Central Jail Superintendent Manjit Singh Sidhu stated, "He was released on Sunday evening after completion of all formalities."

The bail itself, however, is imposed with strict conditions. Bhola had to furnish a surety bond of Rs.5 lakh, surrender his passport, and has been instructed to undertake a community service assignment-planting 100 t...