Chandigarh: The district court on Friday dismissed the anticipatory bail application of Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) leader Bikramjeet Singh Majithia in connection with the drugs case.
The court of Additional District and Sessions Judge (ADSJ) Sandeep Singla dismissed the application after hearing the arguments of both the prosecution and the defence.
The court ruled that the applicant had tried to make out a case of political vendetta but was himself a powerful person state politics till 2017. Delay in lodging the FIR could not be a ground to presume that the whole case against the applicant was false, the court said.
“The FIR has been registered on the basis of a report, which prima facie shows the involvement of the applicant in the drug trade and harbouring of accused involved in drug mafia,” the court said in its order.
On Monday, Majithia, 46, was booked under relevant sections of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act on the basis of a 2018 status report of probe into drug racket in the state.