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Ashok Ganjhu v. the State of Jharkhand

Jharkhand HC12 Aug 2022B.A./6266/2022

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The High Court of Jharkhand granted bail to the petitioner accused of opium cultivation, considering his age, lack of seizure signatures, and dual custody, subject to 20,000 Rs bond and monthly police reporting for one year.

What did the court decide?

The petitioner was released on bail for Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties, conditioned to report to the police station every last Saturday of the month for one year.

Ashok Ganjhu Vs the State of Jharkhand — Narcotics (NDPS) | Jharkhand HC (2022)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JHARKHAND AT RANCHI (Criminal Miscellaneous Jurisdiction)

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B.A .No. 6266 of 2022

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Ashok Ganjhu … … Petitioner

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The State of Jharkhand … … Opposite Party

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CORAM : HON’BLE MR. JUSTICE RATNAKER BHENGRA

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For the Petitioner : Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, Advocate For the State : Mr. Ravi Prakash, APP

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Order No. 03 /Dated: 12th August, 2022

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Heard Mr. Rohan Mazumdar , the learned counsel for the petitioner

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and Mr. Ravi Prakash, the learned APP for the State.

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Mr. Rohan Mazumdar, the learned counsel for the petitioner submits that the allegation is cultivation of opium plant, however the cultivation is being done on the forest land and it is not the land of the petitioner so the allegation cannnot be leveled against the petitioner. It is further submitted that the seizure list does not contain the signature of this petitioner. It is further submitted that the petitioner was arrested or apprehended on the basis of suspicion, moreover he is in custody from 16.04.2022 and aged about 65 years.

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Learned counsel for the State, on the other hand, has opposed the bail petition and pointed out that the allegations are regarding heinous offences and according to the FSL report it is clear that the the cultivation of opium plant was being done.

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Having heard both counsels, gone through the records of the case and in the facts and circumstances of the case, I am inclined to release the petitioner, named above, on bail, on furnishing bail bond of Rs. 20,000/- (rupees twenty thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of learned Principal Sessions Judge-cum-Special Judge ( NDPS), Chatra in connection with Lawalong P.S. Case No. 17 of 2018 ( G.R. No. 284 of 2018), subject to the condition that petitioner shall report to the concerned police station on every last Saturday of the month, between 01:00 and 05:00 p.m for one year, failing or if any adverse remarks regarding his non-appearance at the police station, his bail application shall be liable to be cancelled. Any exemption to such attendance shall be done so after direction of the learned Court below.

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(Ratnaker Bhengra, J.)

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Sharda/

Ashok Ganjhu v. the State of Jharkhand

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