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Mumbai-based baker Anthony Paul (left) and histrion Chrisann Pereira (right). (File Photo)
The Bombay High Court connected Tuesday granted bail to a Mumbai-based baker jailed for allegedly planting drugs connected actor Chrisann Pereira.
Anthony Paul was arrested from Sharjah past year, and helium spent astir one-and-a-half years successful jail. The precocious tribunal besides granted bail to the baker’s co-accused Rajesh Bobhate, observing that the quantity of drugs progressive successful the lawsuit was tiny and nary intent would beryllium served by keeping them successful jail.
“In the contiguous case, chargesheet is already filed. The applicants person suffered incarceration for astir 1 twelvemonth and 5 months. Even arsenic per the worldly disposable connected record, lone tiny quantity of ganja is involved. In specified a situation, nary intent would beryllium served by continuing the custody of the applicants, and therefore, a lawsuit is made retired for enlarging the applicants connected bail,” Justice Manish Pitale said successful the order.
Pereira, an histrion based successful Mumbai, was contacted successful March 2023 by a idiosyncratic who identified himself arsenic Ravi and offered a relation successful a web series. She was requested to question to the UAE for an audition. Accordingly, connected April 1, 2023, Pereira travelled to Sharjah. Before her travel, the idiosyncratic had fixed her a trophy to present successful which drugs were concealed, starring to her apprehension there. She past spent astir a period successful jailhouse earlier Indian authorities probed and recovered retired that she was framed allegedly by Paul arsenic revenge implicit a petty quality with her parent earlier.
In October 2023, a peculiar tribunal rejected bail for Paul, considering the trauma experienced by Pereira and Mumbai constabulary submissions. The constabulary had said that determination were 4 different victims who were framed by Paul, including a DJ named Clayton Rodrigues, who was sentenced to 25 years successful jailhouse successful Sharjah aft being recovered successful possession of a drug-laced cake. A period later, the court dropped a stringent charge from the case, observing that determination was nary worldly for it.
In the bail applications filed earlier the precocious court, lawyer Ayaz Khan, appearing for Paul and lawyer Shailesh Kharat for Bobhate, stated that fixed that the quantity of ganja, alleged to person been recovered from the trophy is small, the duo faced a maximum of 3 years successful jail. They besides submitted that the duo had already spent 1 twelvemonth and 5 months successful jailhouse with the proceedings yet to begin.
The tribunal besides stated that if immoderate of the bail conditions were violated, the duo would look proceedings for bail cancellation.
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