A Mumbai Special Court on Thursday granted a conditional bail of Rs 50,000 to Kshitij R. Prasad -- a former associate of Bollywood filmmaker Karan Johar -- two months after his arrest, his lawyer said here. Also Read - Shaan on songs being used as marketing tools in Bollywood; 'A lot of filmmakers today don't believe in songs, you don't connect to them' [Exclusive]
According to advocate Satish Maneshinde, who represents Prasad, the Special NDPS Court Judge G. B. Gurao has ordered the release of his client on furnishing a provisional cash bail of Rs 50,000 plus one or two sureties, to be furnished within a month. Also Read - Hrithik Roshan's War 2 or Aamir Khan's Laal Singh Chaddha – which Shah Rukh Khan-Salman Khan cameo are you more excited for?
Prasad will be required to report to the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) office every Monday for an hour for the next six months, deposit his passport, not travel abroad without prior permission of the court, share his itinerary for any domestic travel, attend all court proceedings, refrain from tampering with any evidence or witnesses, etc., among the conditions imposed by the Special Court. Also Read - Madhur Bhandarkar requests Karan Johar to change the title of his web show, Fabulous Lives Of Bollywood Wives; says, 'It is Morally and ethically wrong'
The NCB had raided and later arrested Prasad on September 26 in the drugs probe related to the death case of Bollywood actor Sushant Singh Rajput at his Mumbai home on June 14.
They had earlier refuted the claims made by some that Kshitij Prasad was humiliated and tormented by the agency sleuths, and termed the claims as "mischievous" and "completely untrue". In a statement, the NCB said that a news item has been purportedly released by Satish Maneshinde, the advocate for Kshitij, who was arrested by the Mumbai zonal unit of NCB on Saturday.
It said the news item alleged that Kshitij was humiliated and tormented by the officers of the Mumbai zonal unit of the NCB. "It is very unambiguously stated here that the above news item in circulation is mischievous and completely untrue. NCB arrested Kshitij as some incriminating evidences were recovered from him," the agency said.
The NCB statement came after Kshitij's lawyer Satish Maneshinde alleged that his client was pressurised to name Karan Johar during the interrogation. The statement said that after the involvement of Kshitij in offences under the NDPS Act was revealed, he was placed under arrest after following the due process of law.
"His lawyer and his family (mother) were informed as per the procedure. He was also allowed to meet his father-in-law and his wife at the NCB office," it said. The NCB also said that as Kshitij was not cooperating with the investigation, it was brought to the notice of the court with a request to grant NCB his custody on Sunday when he was produced for remand after medical check-up.
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- Published: November 26, 2020 5:01 PM IST
