{"id":59257,"date":"2020-04-15T16:15:15","date_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:45:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/?p=59257"},"modified":"2020-04-15T16:15:15","modified_gmt":"2020-04-15T10:45:15","slug":"cannabis-arrest-australian-doctor-seeks-bail-from-bombay-high-court","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cannabis-arrest-australian-doctor-seeks-bail-from-bombay-high-court","title":{"rendered":"Cannabis arrest : Australian doctor seeks bail from Bombay High Court."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"59258\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/cannabis-arrest-australian-doctor-seeks-bail-from-bombay-high-court\/cannabis-arrest\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?fit=304%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"304,166\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Cannabis arrest\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-medium-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?fit=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?fit=304%2C166&amp;ssl=1\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-59258\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?resize=304%2C166&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"304\" height=\"166\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?w=304&amp;ssl=1 304w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?resize=300%2C164&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.legalindia.com\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2020\/04\/Cannabis-arrest.jpg?resize=150%2C82&amp;ssl=1 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/a>An Australian doctor arrested in November last year for alleged possession of drugs has approached Bombay High Court seeking bail claiming he is working towards medicinal use of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>Reza Borhani, in his plea, said he should be granted bail in view of directions passed by the Supreme Court on the temporary release of inmates to reduce jail crowding in view of the coronavirus outbreak.<\/p>\n<p>Borhani&#8217;s lawyer Shrinivas Bobde, while arguing the plea last week before Justice Gautam Patel through video conferencing, said his client was a doctor dealing with ozone healing and was working towards medicinal use of cannabis.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Patel, however, noted that while it cannot comment on the intentions behind Borhani&#8217;s use or possession of drugs, the law, however, prohibits their possession.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;His (Borhani) intentions may be as pure as the dropping snow. Whatever may be his intentions, but if there is a prohibition under the law, what can the court do?&#8221; it said.<\/p>\n<p>The court noted that Borhani, at the time of arrest in November 2019, was found in possession of 31.50 grams (1551 strips) of high-end party drug Lysergic Acid Diethylamide (LSD), which is considered as commercial quantity.<\/p>\n<p>As per the police, the drugs were worth over Rs one crore.<\/p>\n<p>Borhani has been booked under the Narcotics Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.<\/p>\n<p>Justice Patel posted Borhani&#8217;s bail plea for further hearing on April 15, and asked the police to respond to the plea.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An Australian doctor arrested in November last year for alleged possession of drugs has approached Bombay High Court seeking bail claiming he is working towards medicinal use of cannabis. 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