ARUN PASWAN 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 2020-11-17. ARUN PASWAN v. THE STATE OF ASSAM. Read the judgment and case details on LawSphereX.
Judgment text
Page No. # 1/2 GAHC010156752020 THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH) Case No. : Bail Appln. /2403/2020 ARUN PASWAN S/O LATE RAJENDRA PASWAN, R/O MALIGAON, GATE NO. 1, P. S. - JALUKBARI, DIST-KAMRUP(M), ASSAM VERSUS THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. R K MEDHI Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM BEFORE HON’BLE MRS. JUSTICE RUMI KUMARI PHUKAN :: O R D E R :: 17-11-2020 By this application under Section 439 Cr. P. C. , the accused-petitioner, namely, Arun Paswan has sought for bail in connection with Jalukbari Police Station Case No. 1168/2020, registered under Sections 22(b)/29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substance Act. Heard the learned counsel appearing for the petitioner and the learned Additional Public Prosecutor, appearing for the State. Also perused the materials on record and the case diary. From the FIR and the seizure list it reveals that 19.
88 grams of drug was seized from the possession of the petitioner and 2. 90 gram of drugs was recovered from the other accused person and bail has been granted to the co-accused by the learned court below on 12. 10. 2020. From the nature of seizure it appears that the amount seized from the present petitioner is above the small Page No. # 2/2 quantity and below the commercial quantity and he is behind the bar since 01. 10. 2020 and the co-accused has also been granted bail. Considering all above it appears that further custodial detention of the accused person is not warranted. Accordingly, the present accused petitioner is hereby directed to be released on bail in connection with the case aforementioned on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- with one suitable surety of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Special Judge, Kamrup(M). In terms of the above, this bail application stands disposed of. Return the case diary. JUDGE Comparing Assistant
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