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Rakesh Kumar Paul v. State of Assam

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Bench Madan B. Lokur, Prafulla C. Pant and Deepak Gupta JJ.
Decided 16 August 2017

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Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973: , Cl.(i) of proviso (a) to s.167(2) - Interpretation of words "imprisonment for a term not less than ten years" - Petitioner arrested for an offence, inter alia, uls. 13(1) of the PC Act, 1988 - Offence uls. 13(1) of the PC Act punishable with imprisonment for a term not less than four years but may extend to ten years - After ,expiry of 60 days of detention, bail application filed by the petitioner before High Court which was rejected on ground that he could be detained for 90 days - State contended that the petitioner could be kept in custody for a period…

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