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2020 (2) TMI 646 - HC - CustomsGrant of Regular Bail - Sections 132 and 135 of the Customs Act, 1962 - HELD THAT:- The guilt of the petitioner/accused shall be determined during the trial. The completion of trial in the complaint case is likely to take considerable time. The detention of petitioner/accused during that period shall not serve any useful purpose more particularly when several of his co-accused have been granted concession of bail. Similarly in the connected FIR case, he has been granted pre-arrest bail. There is nothing on record to show that the petitioner has got past criminal antecedents or that he is a hardened criminal. Therefore, without touching merits of the case, it would be in fitness of things and in the interest of justice, if the present petition is accepted. The interim bail granted to the petitioner is made absolute, subject to the conditions imposed - petition allowed.
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