SHILLONG: The High Court of Meghalaya has approved the bail application of an accused in Laban Police Station.
The accused-petitioner was arrested in relation to the Laban Police case that was registered for offences under Sections 323/354 A IPC and Sections 4(w) (i) (ii) of the Scheduled Case and Scheduled Tribe (Prevention of Atrocities) Amendment Act, 2015 on an FIR lodged by Sunmoom D Marak, son of Lorzina D Marak.
The counsel for the petitioner submitted that the petitioner had unnecessarily been arrested in the case and that he had been the victim of the incident in question where the complainants assaulted the petitioner when he hit the dog belonging to the complainants in order to defend himself.
It was submitted that the petitioner had received four stitches on his head and was admitted in Civil Hospital here.
The public prosecutor procured the case diary and duly opposed the bail application.
“The matter being at the investigation stage, this Court would not be making any comment related with the merits of the case, but after having heard the learned counsel for the parties and having perused the material 2 BA No.23/2017 Prakash Chettri v. State of
Meghalaya & Ors. placed on record including the FIRs lodged against the petitioner, on 18.08.2017 by the complainants and then, on 19.08.2017 by the Garo Hills Students’ Union; and further, the FIR lodged by the petitioner on 19.08.2017, this Court is clearly of the view that no useful purpose would be served by further detention of the petitioner in custody and the interest of justice would be served if he is ordered to be released on bail with other requisite conditions,” the order said.
Accordingly, the bail application was allowed and it was directed that in relation to the Laban Police Station case, the accused petitioner, Prakash Chettri, shall be released on bail upon his furnishing a personal bond of Rs 20,000 with two sureties of Rs 10,000 each to the satisfaction of the Chief Judicial Magistrate, Shillong.
Further, he had to submit an undertaking not to interfere with the investigation in any manner and to remain present before the Investigating Officer and the Court concerned as and when called upon to do so.
