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Ex-cop Waze gets bail in extortion case

MUMBAI: A special court on Friday granted bail to dismissed police officer Sachin Waze in an extortion case registered at the Goregaon police station in 2021 by a businessperson. The case and its probe was transferred to the CBI last year pursuant to an order of the Supreme Court.

Waze’s senior counsel Aabad Ponda and advocate Sajal Yadav citing principles to decongest prisons laid down by the SC argued for bail on the grounds that he has completed 50% of maximum possible sentence for the non-bailable offence. For the CBI, prosecutor A Krishna argued that the other bailable offences attracted a longer 10 years’ prison term. Ponda said the sentence of the bailable offence would not count for bail. The court seemed to agree and granted Waze bail. He however will remain inside in the Antilia case.
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