Gauhati High Court seeks police case diary and trial court records before considering bail plea of six accused in Mokokchung liquor deaths.
DIMAPUR — The Kohima Bench of Gauhati High Court has sought the police case diary and trial court records before considering a bail plea filed on behalf of six accused in the suspected spurious liquor deaths in Mokokchung district.
In an order on passed on November 5, Justice Helen Dawngliani directed the Principal District and Sessions Judge, Mokokchung, to send the scanned records of the case. The court also requisitioned the relevant case diary, after taking note that the investigation was still under way.
The application, filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeks bail for six persons arrested in connection with Mangkolemba Police Station Case No. 002/2026. They were arrested on September 24 and have been in judicial custody since September 26, the order stated.
The case was registered under Section 105 of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023, read with provisions of the Nagaland Liquor Total Prohibition Act, 1989.
Public Prosecutor Livika appeared for the state, and the court said that no formal notice was necessary. The matter has been listed for November 13.
The bail proceedings come against the backdrop of a suspected spurious liquor tragedy in Mokokchung district that claimed eight lives—six in Mangkolemba and two in the Mokokchung Police Station-II area.
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