SC seeks explanation from NCB for delay in filing plea against HC verdict

NEW DELHI: The Supreme Court has termed as "atrocious" the manner in which a "sensitive matter" of narcotics has been sought to be prosecuted, and directed the Narcotics Control Bureau (NCB) to give an explanation over the delay in filing a plea against the Rajasthan High Court verdict in the case. The apex court, which observed that a petition challenging the high court's December 2018 verdict acquitting the accused persons in a narcotics case has been filed before it af ter a delay of 652 days, noted the "glaring gaps" and said the NCB headquarters had sat on the file for one year.