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Actor Ranya Rao jailed for gold smuggling under COFEPOSA, no bail
The Advisory Board handling the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA) matter recently ruled that the actor will not be granted bail during the entire term of her detention
According to the order, actress Ranya Rao has been deprived of the right to apply for bail during the one-year imprisonment period. That is, she will not be able to apply for bail during the entire sentence.
Karnataka actress Ranya Rao, who played the female lead in Vikram Prabhu's film 'Vaaga', was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) in March for smuggling 14.8 kg of gold bars from Dubai to Bengaluru. She was arrested by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) officials. It was found that Ranya Rao's friend and Telugu actor Tarun Raju and businessman Sakil Jain were involved in the smuggling and the authorities arrested …
Actress Ranya Rao jailed for a year, no bail granted in Gold smuggling case
Bengaluru, July 17: Kannada actor Ranya Rao and two others accused in a high-profile gold smuggling case will remain in judicial custody for at least one year under the stringent provisions of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA), 1974. An advisory board constituted under Section 8 of the Act has upheld the Centre's decision to invoke preventive detention against Ranya Rao (also known as Hars…
Gold smuggling case: No bail to Ranya Rao for one year, COFEPOSA upheld
Bengaluru, July 17, 2025 The Advisory Board under the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) has upheld the invocation of the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities (COFEPOSA) Act against jailed Kannada actress Ranya Rao. The board on Thursday also issued directions not to allow the filing of a bail petition by jailed actress Ranya Rao for one year from the date of her arrest as per the provisions of the COFEP…
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