SC Issues 13 Binding Directions to Curb Fake Sureties in NDPS Bail Cases

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has cancelled the bail granted to a Nigerian national accused in a case involving nearly five kg of heroin and issued 13 binding directions to tighten the verification of sureties and prevent foreign nationals accused in commercial-quantity NDPS cases from absconding after securing bail. A Bench comprising Justice Sanjay Karol and Justice Augustine George Masih…