Omprakash Deepak Kanojia v. the State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
In this interim bail application, the High Court modified a condition requiring the applicant, convicted under the NDPS Act, to report to the NCB office every three months. The court reduced the frequency to once a year, added passport restrictions, and required the applicant to inform about address changes, given his long obedience to similar conditions.
What did the court decide?
The applicant is directed to report to the NCB office once a year between Monday to Friday of the first week of the concerned month commencing May, 2024.
What the court decided
2024:BHC-AS:16199
PMB 915.IA.435-24.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO.435 OF 2024 IN
CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.19 OF 2008
OMPRAKASH DEEPAK KANOJIA ..APPLICANT VS.
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR. ..RESPONDENTS
Adv. Sartaj Shaikh for the applicant. Mr. S. A. Karmakar, APP for the State.
Adv. Shahajirao Shinde a/w Adv. Viraj Bhale for respondent No.2-NCB.
CORAM : M. S. KARNIK, J.
DATE : APRIL 5, 2024.
P.C. :
Issues for consideration
1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail conditions requiring periodic attendance at the NCB office should be modified due to the applicant being HIV positive and non-compliance with the condition.
Parties & counsel
- applicant
OMPRakash DEEPAK KANOJIA
- respondent
THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA
- respondent
RESPECTIVE NO.2
Coram
Case details
As recorded by the court registry
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