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Ranya Rao Gold Smuggling Case: Kannada actress Ranya Rao has been imposed with a Rs 102 crore fine by the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence in an overseas gold smuggling case, revealed DRI sources on Tuesday. The Directorate of Revenue Intelligence also slapped a Rs 63 crore fine on the hotelier, Tarun Kondaraju, and Rs 56 crore on Sahil Sakaria Jain and Bharat Kumar Jain, each, for their involvement in the same case.

DRI served these penalties to each of them as officials reached the Bengaluru Central Jail with a 250-page notice along with a 2,500-page annexure. The notice was also issued to them.

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"It was a herculean exercise to prepare a detailed notice along with supporting documents. Today we served 11,000 pages of documents to the accused," a DRI source told PTI.

Ranya Rao, a Kannada actress and step-daughter of Director General of Police rank officer K Ramachandra Rao, was caught with 14.8 kg of gold on March 3 at the Kempegowda International Airport in Bengaluru on her arrival from Dubai.

The actress was sentenced to one year in jail in July under the Conservation of Foreign Exchange and Prevention of Smuggling Activities Act (COFEPOSA).

Revenue Directorate officials told news agency PTI that the COFEPOSA-related matter came up before the High Court on Tuesday, and the court has scheduled the matter for September 11.

Why Ranya Rao Can’t Gey Bail

A month after the 32-year-old actress got a default bail on May 20, it was ruled that she would not be granted bail during the entire term of her detention on July 17. She had got bail after the Directorate of Revenue Intelligence (DRI) failed to file a chargesheet within the legally mandated timeframe.
 
 
The actress can not get bail because she is behind bars under the COFEPOSA Act. The COFEPOSA is a strict law which permits detention for up to one year, even without formal charges, based on suspicion of smuggling activities.