(S.A. Bobde and Ashok Bhushan, JJ.)
Samir Ahmed Rafiqahmed Ansari ______________________ Petitioner
v.
State of Gujarat __________________________________ Respondent
(With appln. (s) for exemption from filing O.T. and interim relief and office report)
Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) Nos. 6073-6074/2016, decided on October 17, 2016
The Order of the court was delivered by
Order
1. Prima facie, it appears that section 25 (1AA) of the Arms Act, 1959, has no application to the facts of the present case.
2. Leave granted.
3. Indisputably, the appellant has been in jail for about one and half years.
4. Having regard to the facts and circumstances of the case, we consider it appropriate in the interests of justice to direct the release of the appellant on bail.
5. Accordingly, during the pendency of these appeals, the appellant is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bonds in the sum of Rs. 25,000/- (Rupees twenty five thousand only) with two sureties of the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial court.
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