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Deposit money in Kerala floods relief fund, Jharkhand HC condition for bail

Ranchi | ByPress Trust of India
Aug 28, 2018 09:30 PM IST

The Jharkhand High Court has approved the anticipatory bail petitions of three persons on the condition that they deposit money in the Kerala Chief Minister’s Relief Fund

The Jharkhand High Court has approved the anticipatory bail petitions of three persons on the condition that they deposit money in the Kerala Chief Minister’s Relief Fund.

A bench of Justice A B Singh yesterday observed that much has to be done in Kerala following the devastation caused by floods.

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Singh granted anticipatory bail to one Utpal Ray in a cheating and forgery case on the condition that he would deposit 7,000 in the relief fund.

Bail applications of fraud accused Dhaneswar Mandal and Sambhu Mandal were also similarly admitted at the cost of 5,000 each.

The court said the petitioners have to submit proof of the deposits made to the fund.

Jharkhand High Court Advocate Association general secretary Hemant Kumar Sikarwar said that high courts in Madhya Pradesh and Karnataka had issued similar directions to some litigants to pay costs towards the relief fund in Kerala. PTI PVR MM DV DV

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