Bail application under Section 483 BNSS for a petitioner arrested with 7 kg ganja in Soteea PS Case No. 57/2024 under NDPS Act Section 20(b)(ii)(B). Court found further custodial detention unnecessary and granted bail on bond of Rs.50,000 with conditions.
Petitioner enlarged on bail on Rs.50,000 bail bond with like surety, subject to three conditions.
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GAHC010155212024
THE GAUHATI HIGH COURT (HIGH COURT OF ASSAM, NAGALAND, MIZORAM AND ARUNACHAL PRADESH)
Case No. : Bail Appln./2285/2024
ANIL PATNAYAK
S/O LATE DAMUDHAR PATNAYAK, R/O VILL- NO. 1 ITAKHOLA, AHUBARI, P.S.-SOOTEA, DIST- BISWANATH, ASSAM
VERSUS
THE STATE OF ASSAM REPRESENTED BY THE PUBLIC PROSECUTOR, ASSAM
Advocate for the Petitioner : MR. A B T HAQUE, MS. R. R. SAIKIA
Advocate for the Respondent : PP, ASSAM,
BEFORE HONOURABLE MRS. JUSTICE SUSMITA PHUKAN KHAUND
ORDER
Date : 12-08-2024
Heard Mr. A.B.T. Haque, learned counsel for the petitioner Sri Anil Patnayak, who has filed this application under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 (BNSS for short) with prayer for bail as he is behind bars since 22.06.2024 in connection Soteea Police Station Case No. 57/2024 under Section 20(b)(ii)(B) of the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic
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Substances Act, 1985 (NDPS for short) read with Section 4 of the Assam Ganja and Bhang Prohibition Act, 1958.
(i) The petitioner shall refrain from such activities with which he is alleged.
(ii) The petitioner shall cooperate with the remaining part of investigation and shall not jump the bail.
(iii) The petitioner shall not leave the jurisdiction of the jurisdictional Court without prior permission.
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automatically cancelled.
JUDGE
Comparing Assistant
1 issue framed by the court
Whether an accused in custody since 22.06.2024 for possession of intermediate quantity (7 kgs) of ganja could be granted bail under Section 483 BNSS.
3 provisions across 3 enactments
Anil Patnayak
The State of Assam represented by the Public Prosecutor, Assam
Susmita Phukan Khaund
As recorded by the court registry
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