Pune court grants bail to Eknath Khadse's son-in-law in 'drug party' case

Pune, Sep 25 (PTI) A Pune court on Thursday granted bail to Dr Pranjal Khewalkar, son-in-law of former Maharashtra minister Eknath Khadse, in an alleged drug party case.

Additional Sessions Judge J G Dorle also granted bail to co-accused Prachi Sharma and Sripad Yadav, defence lawyer Pushkar Durge said.

Advocates Durge and Rhishikesh Ganu argued the bail plea of Khewalkar, while advocates Sachin Lalte-Patil and Raju Mate represented Yadav and Sharma, respectively.

Pune Crime Branch had raided a studio apartment in the upscale Kharadi area in the early hours of July 27 and allegedly busted a "drug party" going on there, leading to the arrest of Khewalkar and six others.

According to the police, during the raid and subsequent search, police seized 2.7 grams of a cocaine-like substance, 70 gm of a ganja-like substance, a hookah pot, various hookah flavours, and liquor and beer bottles. PTI SPK KRK BNM