SHILLONG: An accused in smuggling fake Indian currency notes and residing in Bangladesh border was denied bail by the High Court since he may disappear to the neighbouring country.
When the matter came up for hearing on Friday, the counsel for the applicant, AH Hazarika submitted that the accused is suffering from different ailments and needs treatment.
Besides, he is in judicial custody for the last two months, so further custody is not necessary and he may be released on bail.
On the other hand, Investigating Officer (IO) appeared along with case diary represented by additional senior state counsel, K.Khan who objected that this is a case of distribution of fake Indian currency and that the accused person is residing near the fence between India and Bangladesh “so if he is released on bail there is every possibility that he may jump to Bangladesh and disappear”.
Another submission was that the other accused in connection with the case are absconding.
After hearing the submissions made by the counsels and after applying his mind, the Judge SR Sen felt that “prosecution is not wrong since the accused is residing in the border of India and Bangladesh, there is every possibility that he may jump to Bangladesh and thereafter not be available for the trial and the other accused also are still absconding”.
The Court hence said that it is not a fit case to grant bail at this stage and the IO has been directed to get the FSL report.
Director, FSL has also been asked to prepare the report and hand over the same to the IO latest by Monday.
