HC grants bail to former Jharkhand CM Hemant Soren in land scam case

| 28 Jun 2024 8:51 AM IST

NEW DELHI: The Jharkhand high court on Friday granted bail to former chief minister Hemant Soren in the alleged land scam case. The court had reserved its order on June 13 on JMM chief's bail plea.
"Bail has been granted to Soren. The court has held that prima facie he is not guilty of the offence and there is no likelihood of the petitioner committing an offence when on bail," Soren's advocate Arunabh Chowdhury said. During the hearing central agency argued against granting bail to Soren, suggesting that he might reoffend, citing cases involving ED officers at the SC/ST police station.

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