YouTuber Elvish Yadav gets bail in drugs case, to be taken to Gurugram from Noida jail on Saturday

Controversial YouTuber Elvish Yadav granted bail in drugs case, to be handed over to Gurugram court.

A Gautam Buddh Nagar court granted bail to controversial YouTuber Siddharth Yadav alias Elvish Yadav in a drugs case on March 22, six days after he was lodged in a jail in Noida, his lawyers said.

The jail authorities said they have received Mr. Yadav's release order but he would be handed over on March 23 to the custody of a court in Haryana's Gurugram, where he is to be produced in an assault case involving content creator Sagar Thakur alias Maxtern.

The hearing in the Gurguram court is scheduled for March 27.

Mr. Yadav was arrested on March 17 by the Noida Police in connection with its probe into the suspected use of snake venom as a recreational drug in parties he hosted. Additional Chief Judicial Magistrate Jaihind Kumar Singh also granted bail to two of the YouTuber's associates — Ishwar and Vinay Yadav — who were arrested on Thursday, advocate Prashant Rathi said.

"The court has granted bail to Yadav, who will have to furnish two bail bonds of ₹50,000 each," the lawyer who represented the YouTuber in the court along with advocate Deepak Bhati, said.

The controversial 26-year-old YouTuber, also the winner of the reality show Bigg Boss OTT 2, has been booked under provisions of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances (NDPS) Act, Wildlife Protection Act and Indian Penal Code (IPC), police said.

Luksar Jail Superintendent Arun Pratap Singh said the court's release order for Yadav has been received by the prison authorities.