Sumeet Saharan v. State of Odisha
Case brief
What is this about?
NDPS Act bail; section 37 NDPS Act statutory bar; commercial quantity ganja seizure; S.439 CrPC bail application; section 20(b)(ii)(C) NDPS Act; prolonged pre-trial custody over three years since 07.03.2021; slow trial progress (six of fifteen witnesses examined); earlier bail rejected 28.11.2022; interim bail three months with surrender condition; bail bond Rs.50,000 with two local solvent sureties Dhaneshwar Harijan and Padman Suna; Mathili P.S. Case No.42 of 2021; Special G.R. Case No.36 of 2021; Malkangiri; High Court of Orissa at Cuttack; Justice S.K. Sahoo; BLAPL No.1185 of 2023; disposed.
What did the court decide?
Interim bail for three months from the date of release on furnishing bail bond of Rs.50,000/- each with two local solvent sureties, Dhaneshwar Harijan and Padman Suna, for the like amount, to the satisfaction of the learned Court in seisin over the matter, with further conditions including that the petitioner shall not indulge in criminal activities and shall appear before the learned trial Court on each date the case is posted for trial during the interim bail period; the petitioner shall surrender before the learned trial Court immediately on expiry of the three-month period.