JUDGMENT

1. The State of Goa has filed the present application seeking quashing and setting aside of an order dtd. 21/10/2021, passed by the Additional Sessions Judge, (FTC) at Mapusa, Goa (hereinafter referred to as the "Sessions Court") whereby anticipatory bail application filed by the respondent was allowed. According to the State, the order is unsustainable, as it is against the tenets governing grant of an application for anticipatory bail. It is specifically contended that the facts of the present case were not taken into consideration in the proper perspective by the Sessions Court while granting relief to the respondent.

2. On 22/1/2018, FIR No. 11/2018 came to be registered at Pernem Police Station, North Goa, against the respondent and five others for offences under Ss. 193, 209, 205, 404, 406, 419, 420, 465, 466, 468, 471 read with Sec. 34 and 120-B of the Indian Penal Code (IPC).

3. The said FIR came to be registered on the basis of the written complaint dtd. 20/1/2018, submitted by the Director of Civil Aviation, Government of Goa, before the aforesaid police station. The allegations in the said complaint, in brief, were that the respondent along with the other accused