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Justice Ambuj Nath, while hearing the petition, directed that no coercive steps be taken against Gandhi till further orders of the court in this regard.
Ranchi: In a landmark judgment, the Jharkhand high court struck down payment of victim compensation as a condition for bail.
In a detailed judgement, Justice Ananda Sen said payment of victim compensation should not be considered as a condition for obtaining or granting bail to an accused in a criminal case.
The issue was discussed in a 27-page judgment citing Supreme Court cases when Justice Sen was dealing with an order passed in an anticipatory bail petition on January 20, 2020 by the Ranchi Judicial Commissioner directing accused Sumit Shaw, Amit Shaw, Aweez Kamal and Sanchita Malakar to pay Rs 1 lakh as victim compensation to Mauman Alam.