The High Court disposed of this bail application as infructuous. It was observed that the applicants had already been acquitted of the charges in a related NDPS special case made in September 2023.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
BAIL APPLICATION NO. 90 OF 2023
Peter Fernandes And Anr. .… Applicants
Versus Intelligence Officer, Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai, And Anr.
.… Respondents
Ms. Ashwini Achari a/w Mr. Taraq Sayed , for the Applicants.
Mr. R. M. Pethe, A.P.P for the Respondent – State.
CORAM : MANJUSHA DESHPANDE, J.
DATE : 22nd MARCH, 2024
P.C. :
applicants have already been acquitted of the charges under Sections 8(c), 22, 27A and 29 of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Act, 1985 (“NDPS Act”), vide Order dated 2nd September, 2023, passed in NDPS Special Case No. 77 of 2017.
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether bail application survives following the applicants' acquittal on related charges.
Peter Fernandes And Anr.
Intelligence Officer, Narcotics Control Bureau, Mumbai, And Anr.
Manjusha Deshpande
As recorded by the court registry
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