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Bombay High Court grants bail to temple priest accused of cultivating cannabis in temple premises

“The charge-sheet, prima-facie, does not suggest that temple from which ganja was recovered, was in his exclusive possession of the priest,” the bench reasoned.
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Bombay High Court
Neha Joshi

The Bombay High Court recently granted bail to a temple priest in Shirur, Pune booked by police for allegedly cultivating cannabis in the temple premises [Shantaram Dhoble v. State of Maharashtra].

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