An accused arrested in a narcotic drugs case, for whom fellow inmates raised the bail amount of Rs 15,000, is still stuck inside jail because the jail cash counter has refused to accept Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes
'Criminal' is stuck in Mumbai jail as bail amount is in Rs 500, Rs 1,000 notes
An accused arrested in a narcotic drugs case, for whom fellow inmates raised the bail amount of R15,000, is still stuck inside jail because the jail cash counter has refused to accept R500 and R1,000 notes.
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Akashkumar Chachad, 30, was arrested by the Pydhonie police station in November 2014, while in possession of 20 grams of mephedrone drug.
Chachad had, in December 2015, filed a bail application before the Special NDPS court and he was granted bail on the cash surety of Rs 15,000. However, being from a poor family Chachad couldn’t arrange for the surety money. But, fellow inmates pitched in over a few months and they finally came up with Rs 15,000.
Chachad’s lawyer Sartaj Shaikh, told mid-day, “I reached the cash counter of the Sessions court late Tuesday evening so couldn’t pay the money. That same night, we all got a shock about the devaluing of the Rs 500 and Rs 1,000 notes. When I went to pay the cash at the jail counter the next morning, the officials refused to accept it.”
Shaikh said she will have to wait for a few more days in order to exchange the notes and pay the bail amount.
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