Comedian Bharti Singh & husband granted bail

Comedian Bharti Singh and her husband Haarsh Limbachiyaa, who were arrested by the Narcotics Control Bureau over alleged possession and use of marijuana, have been granted bail by a Mumbai court.

Bharti Singh, a popular comic actor, was arrested on Saturday after her Mumbai home was searched by the anti-drugs bureau.

Bharti's husband Harsh is a television personality too, and he was arrested too after over 15 hours of questioning .

The anti-drugs bureau said that they had found a small quantity of cannabis (86.5 grams) at their apartment in Andheri, Mumbai. Later, they were taken to the agency's Mumbai office for questioning. In a statement issued by NCB both agreed to consuming ganja.

Later, the two were produced before the magistrate's court, which had remanded them to judicial custody till December 4.

According to their lawyer, "Both of them have been granted bail by the Metropolitan Magistrate Court on furnishing a bail bond of Rs15,000 each.

No reply was filed by the NCB yet. A notice was issued to them on Sunday itself."