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Ashok Kumar Ray @ Ashok Kumar Rai v. The State Of Bihar

Patna HC29 Aug 2018CR. MISC./46060/2018

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In a bail petition arising from PS Case No. 534/2015, the Patna High Court granted bail to petitioner Ashok Kumar Ray accused of NDPS and IPC offences, allowing his release after nearly three years in custody due to recovery discrepancies and pendency of appeal.

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Petitioner released on bail by furnishing bonds of Rs. 10,000 with two sureties of the like amount each to the Additional Sessions Judge.

Ashok Kumar Ray @ Ashok Kumar Rai Vs The State Of Bihar — Narcotics (NDPS) | Patna HC (2018)

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT PATNA Criminal Miscellaneous No.46060 of 2018

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Arising Out of PS.Case No. -534 Year- 2015 Thana -BEGUSARAI TOWN District- BEGUSARAI

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====================================================== 1. Ashok Kumar Ray @ Ashok Kumar Rai son of Rama Rai resident of Village - Mahisari, Police Station Ujiarpur, District Samastipur.

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.... .... Petitioner/s

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Versus 1. The State of Bihar. .... .... Opposite Party/s ====================================================== Appearance : For the Petitioner/s : Mr. Suraj Narayan Yadav

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Mr. Umesh Prasad

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For the Opposite Party/s : Mr. Umeshnand Pandit

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====================================================== CORAM: HONOURABLE JUSTICE SMT. ANJANA MISHRA ORAL ORDER

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2 29-08-2019 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner and learned Additional Public Prosecutor for the State.

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The petitioner has been in custody since 08.10.2015

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in connection with Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 534/2015 registered for the offences punishable under Section 414 of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 45/46 of the Prisons Act and Section 22 of the NDPS Act.

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that while he was in custody in connection with Khodawandpur P.S. Case No. 71 of 2009, the petitioner was remanded in connection with the present case and since then, he has been languishing in jail. It is further submitted that only for the recovery of 19 packets of substance which allegedly looked like Ganja, the petitioner was

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Patna High Court Cr.Misc. No.46060 of 2018 (2) dt.29-08-2019

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remanded though the said recoveries were made from a room adjacent to the kitchen and not from the kitchen where the petitioner was working. It is further submitted that the petitioner has already been in custody for nearly three years in connection with the present case and in the main case, an Appeal had been preferred against the order of conviction and this Court has already granted bail to him in Cr. Appeal No. 1177 of 2016 (D.B.). Considering the aforementioned facts and circumstances, let the petitioner above named, be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds of Rs. 10,000/- (ten thousand) with two sureties of the like amount each to the satisfaction of the learned Additional Sessions Judge-1-cum-Special Judge, POCSO Act and NDPS Act, Begusarai, in connection with Begusarai Town P.S. Case No. 534/2015.

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(Anjana Mishra, J)

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Saif/-

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Ashok Kumar Ray @ Ashok Kumar Rai v. The State Of Bihar

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