JUDGMENT

Subramonium Prasad, J. - This petition under Section 439 Cr.P.C is for grant of bail to the petitioner in FIR No.328/2019 dated 05.11.2019, registered at Police Station Crime Branch for offences punishable under Sections 406, 419, 420, 467, 468, 471 read with Section 120B IPC.

2. The facts, in brief, pertaining to the case, as described in the FIR, are that the Petitioner and the Complainant, Ravinder Kler, a doctor, met at a party in New Delhi in 2017 where the petitioner introduced himself as a property dealer with a long list of eminent clientele. It is stated that the petitioner and the complainant were in touch thereafter and the Petitioner told him about lands available for sale at attractive prices in Dehradun, Uttarakhand and that he knew some owners personally and that he could purchase the lands by paying 20% of the purchase price. It is stated that after initial reluctance, the Complainant went to Uttarakhand along with the petitioner to see the plots. During the visit, the Petitioner introduced the Complainant to one Prashant Thapa, as the Clerk of Patwari from the Land Registration office, who confirmed the position represented by the Petitioner that the prices