New Delhi (PTI): A cab driver, accused of drug peddling, has been granted bail by the Delhi High Court under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act.

Directing to release Dilbagh Singh on bail, Justice Kailash Gambhir in a recent order asked Singh to furnish a bail bond of Rs 50,000 and a surety of like amount.

Filing a bail plea, Singh's counsel T L Garg submitted that no contraband was recovered from the driver's possession when DRI officials intercepted a Nigerian national taking contraband from co-accused Rohit Goel, saying Singh was a mere taxi driver and had provided service to the prime accused.

He claimed that Singh had no knowledge about the involvement of the Nigerian national in the drug smuggling and denied of having any relation which the prime accused.

According to the case registered by the Department of Revenue Intelligence(DRI) on September 9, last year, Kouassi Nguessan Williams had hired Singh's taxi to reach Vikas Puri where Goel was to deliver him the drugs.

The DRI officials had then intercepted them.