Ex-engineering student denied bail in drugs peddling case

Vadodara: A sessions court denied anticipatory bail to an engineering student of a private university for her alleged involvement in a drugs racket which was busted by special operations group last month.
The student Oshin Khan, who is a native of Valsad, was summoned by police for questioning last month. However, she did not appear and applied for anticipatory bail on June 3. Khan, whose name was revealed by the two kingpin Narendra alias Chenaram Chaudhary and Pankaj alias Vikram Mangukiya, told court that she has been in her native place since she finished her studies and never visited Vadodara after that. She pleaded innocence on the ground that her name was never mentioned in the FIR and she was named accused based on the statement given by Chaudhary and Mangukiya.
The additional public prosecutor Atul Vyas while arguing against the bail plea told court that when Khan was studying in Vadodara, she used to buy the drugs from the two accused and used to sell them to other addicts. The investigating officer also informed the court through an affidavit that since Khan was involved in a serious offence, her custodial interrogation was necessary.
Agreeing to the arguments made by the public prosecutor and the investigating officer, the court of sessions judge H I Bhatt turned down Khan’s bail plea. Chaudhary and Mangukiya had revealed several names of peddlers including that of Khan. They were nabbed near Dena crossroads with methamphetamine worth Rs 47 lakh.