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Hemant Soren gets bail

Ranchi: The High Court of Jharkhand on Friday granted bail to former Chief Minister Hemant Soren in a money laundering case linked to a land scam.

The court had on June 13 reserved its order on Soren's bail plea.

...The petitioner is directed to be released on bail on furnishing bail bond of `50,000 with two sureties of the like amount each," said the order passed by the single bench of Justice Rongon Mukhopadhyay.