SWAMENDRAJIT SINGH v. THE STATE OF ASSAM
Court: Gauhati High Court
Bench: HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE RUMI KUMARI PHUKAN
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Case summary
Gauhati High Court judgment dated 2020-12-17. SWAMENDRAJIT SINGH v. THE STATE OF ASSAM. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Page No. # 1/2 GAHC010167692020 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln. /2629/2020 SWAMENDRAJIT SINGH S/O SANJENBAM IBOTOMDI SINGH, VILL-THOUBAL AWANG LEIKAI, H/NO. 84, NEAR MARKET, W/NO. 4, P. O. AND P. S. -THOUBAL, DIST- THOUBAL, MANIPUR VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. K K HANDIQUE Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM BEFORE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE RUMI KUMARI PHUKAN O R D E R 17-12-2020. By filing this petition under Section 439 of the CrPC, petitioner Swamendrajit Singh who is in custody since 03. 11. 2020, has prayed for releasing him on regular bail in connection with the Behali P. S. Case No. 99/2020, under Sections 120(B)/420/489(A)/511/34 of the IPC. Heard the learned counsel for the parties and perused the record and the case diary. Page No.
# 2/2 As per the FIR, three persons including the present petitioner was apprehended, while they were travelling in a private vehicle and an amount of Rs. 73,000/- was recovered and seized from the possession of the accused persons, on the pretext that they have some association with the persons dealing with fake currencies. The police also found some photographs of suspected Indian fake currencies in the mobile phone of one of the accused namely Haobijam Mangaljao Singh. However it remains that no fake currency was seized from any of the accused person neither anything emerges to suggest the complicity of the present accused petitioner as regards the dealing in fake currency. Considering the above and the length of detention since 03. 11. 2020, the above named accused/petitioner is allowed to go on regular bail of Rs. 20,000/- with one surety of like amount, to the satisfaction of learned Chief Judicial Magistrate, Biswanath Chariali at Biswanath, in connection with the Behali P. S.
Case No. 99/2020. The bail petition stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE Comparing Assistant
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