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'Giving relief will send wrong message to society', Kerala HC rejects bail plea of heroin smuggler accused
The Kerala High Court (Kerala HC) has denied bail to heroin smuggling mastermind Balakrishnan Periyasamy Pillai. During the hearing in the court, Justice Ziyad Rehman AA said that prima facie it appears that the accused had a full role in the case, and giving relief to him would send a wrong message to society. The DSG has opposed giving him any relief.
The Kerala High Court has denied bail to Tamil Nadu native Balakrishnan Periyasamy Pillai, accused of being the mastermind behind heroin smuggling.
During the hearing in the court, Justice Ziyad Rehman AA said, "The material on record prima facie shows that the accused had a full role in the case, and granting relief to him would send a wrong message to society." Significantly, the Tamil Nadu native is alleged to be the mastermind behind the smuggling of over 217 kg of heroin, worth about Rs 1,500 crore, that was seized by the Coast Guard from two boats off the Kerala coast in May last year.
The court pronounced this verdict on the basis of call details of accused Pillai, cell tower locations, money transactions, confessional statements of other accused, and various other data. All this evidence was presented before the court by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI). The court said in the hearing that, prima facie, all this evidence points towards the role of the petitioner (Pillai).
