MD Sohrab v. the State of Jharkhand
Case brief
What is this about?
Jharkhand High Court, Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 291 of 2024 (decided 22.10.2024; Rongon Mukhopadhyay and Ambuj Nath, JJ.). Keywords: bail granted after repeated bail rejections; order dated 05.12.2023 of Additional Judicial Commissioner-III, Ranchi in Misc. Criminal Application No. 3589 of 2023 set aside; earlier rejection in Cr. Appeal (DB) No. 1478 of 2022 vide order dated 23.02.2023; custody since 30.06.2022; fake currency notes Rs. 5.30 lakh recovered from possession; 45-day delay in filing appeal condoned (I.A. No. 4656 of 2024); release on bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- with two sureties of like amount; appeal allowed.
What did the court decide?
Delay of 45 days in filing the appeal condoned; order dated 05.12.2023 of the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-III, Ranchi (Misc. Criminal Application No. 3589 of 2023) rejecting bail set aside; appellant directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (Rupees Ten Thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each, to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Judicial Commissioner-III, Ranchi.