Kshitij
Prasad,
the
former
Dharmatic
Entertainment
employee
was
granted
bail
by
a
Special
NDPS
court
on
Thursday
(November
26,
2020),
on
a
bond
of
Rs
50000.
Prasad
was
arrested
by
the
Narcotics
Control
Bureau
(NCB)
on
September
26,
in
connection
with
the
drugs
case
linked
to
actor
Sushant
Singh
Rajput's
death.
The
bail
order
reads,
"In
connection
with
C.R.
No.
16/2020),
regsistered
with
Narcotics
Control
Bureau,
Mumbai,
the
applicant
Kshitij
Ravi
Prasad
S/o.
Ravi
Prasad,
is
directed
to
be
released
on
bail
on
his
furnishing
PR
Bond
in
the
sum
of
Rs
50,000/-
(Rs.
Fifty
Thousand
only)
with
one
or
two
sureties
in
the
amount."
"However,
four
weeks
time
is
granted
to
furnish
solvent
surety.
Till
then
applicant/accused
be
released
on
provisional
cash
bail
of
Rs
50,000/-
((Rs.
Fifty
Thousand
only).
The
duration
of
provisional
cash
bail
shall
be
four
weeks," the
bail
order
further
read.
Further,
Kshitij
has
been
asked
to
deposit
his
passport,
if
any,
with
the
investigating
agency.
The
order
states
that
Kshitij
cannot
leave
the
country
without
prior
permission
from
the
court.
Further,
if
he
has
to
go
out
of
Greater
Mumbai,
he
will
have
to
give
his
itinerary
to
the
Investigating
Officer
in
advance.
However,
reportedly
Kshitij
will
not
walk
out
of
jail
today,
as
he
has
been
implicated
in
another
drug
case,
the
hearing
of
which
will
be
held
on
December
3,
2020.
Earlier,
Kshitij
had
submitted
a
plea
through
his
lawyer,
Advocate
Satish
Maneshinde,
in
which
he
had
alleged
that
he
had
been
"coerced
into
falsely
implicating" actors
Ranbir
Kapoor,
Dino
Morea
and
Arjun
Rampal
by
the
NCB.
However,
the
investigating
agency
had
denied
Kshitij's
allegations.