MD Julfikar Ali Alias MD Julfikar Ali Bhuto v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory bail application (A. B. A. No.948 of 2024) decided by Sanjay Kumar Dwivedi, J., High Court of Jharkhand at Ranchi, on 23.04.2024. Petitioner Md. Julfikar Ali @ Md. Julfikar Ali Bhuto sought protection against arrest in Complaint Case No. 1042 of 2023 (sections 18(c), 27(b)(II), 27(D) of the Drug and Cosmetic Act, 1940) pending before the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rajmahal; the State opposed, citing recovery of medicines from the petitioner's possession. Bail granted on the footing that the alleged medicines were not spurious and the implication rested on suspicion; bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- with two sureties of like amount; conditions under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure imposed, including retention of the mobile number indicated in the petitioner's Aadhar.
What did the court decide?
Anticipatory bail granted: petitioner directed to surrender before the learned court within three weeks; on surrender/arrest, to be released on bail bonds of Rs. 25,000/- with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the Sub-Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Rajmahal, subject to conditions under Section 438(2) of the Code of Criminal Procedure and an undertaking not to change the mobile number indicated in his Aadhar.