A court docket in Noida, Uttar Pradesh, granted bail to controversial YouTuber Siddharth alias Elvish Yadav in suspected medicine case, his lawyer stated on Friday.
The court docket of Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jaihind Kumar Singh heard the bail utility of Elvish Yadav on Friday, information company PTI reported.
Yadav, 26, had gained actuality present Bigg Boss OTT 2. The Noida Police arrested him on March 17 in reference to its probe into suspected use of snake venom as a leisure drug in events.
Police stated the YouTuber was booked beneath provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, the Wildlife Protection Act and the Indian Penal Code.
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An FIR was registered towards six folks, together with Elvish Yadav at Noida Sector 49 police station, for allegedly supplying snake venom suspected for use as a leisure drug at a rave celebration in Noida.
The case was transferred from Noida’s Sector 49 police station to Sector 20 police station on the orders of Gautam Buddha Nagar Police Commissioner Lakshmi Singh.
Yadav was later despatched to 14-day judicial custody by the District and Sessions Court Surajpur, in Noida.
According to PTI, Yadav denied his involvement within the provide of snake venom on the rave celebration. However, NDTV cited police sources as saying that in questioning the Bigg Boss winner admitted utilizing snake venom and arranging snakes at rave events he hosted.
The YouTuber is but to be produced in a court docket in reference to an assault case involving content material creator Sagar Thakur alias Maxtern.
On March 8, Yadav was caught in a video beating Thakur. He was seen throwing Thakur on the bottom after which slapping him. After the incident, Thakur approached police and filed a criticism towards Yadav and others at Sector 53 Gurugram Police Station.
“The court docket of Judicial Magistrate First Class, Gurugram Harsh Kumar, mounted his look on March 27 on the applying of his manufacturing warrant filed by police,” police added.
(With inputs from PTI)
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