Swapna Suresh, an accused in the tactful gold smuggling case, on Monday approached the Kerala High Court seeking bail in a case registered by the NIA against her.

The Kerala High Court has posted the bail petition of Swapna Suresh to July 16. Swapna  had earlier approached the Kerala HC in order to seek bail. The National Investigative Agency (NIA) that registered the case had denied bail to her and the six others attached in the gold smuggling case. She has since challenged the verdict of the NIA court dismissing her earlier bail plea. The court has asked the NIA to file an affidavit before July 16.

Swapna Suresh in her appeal filed against the dismissal of her bail plea by the NIA court said that the chargesheet did not disclose the involvement of transnational forces and financing of terrorism as alleged during the investigation period. The NIA court went wrong serious in rejecting her bail plea. The court should have considered at the threshold whether any offences under the UAPA had been made out. In fact, no useful purpose would be serviced by detaining her further in jail, the appeal said.

The Kerala gold smuggling case pertains to the smuggling of gold in the state through diplomatic channels. It had come to light after 30 kg gold worth Rs 14.82 crore smuggled in a consignment camouflaged as diplomatic baggage was busted by the customs department in Thiruvananthapuram on July 5, 2019.

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