JUDGMENT :

J.B. Pardiwala, J.

1. “Crime and the actions of the criminal justice system are mutually responsive, influencing each other in ways that are only minimally predictable; general changes in the political and socio-economic climate will affect both crime and the criminal justice system in a similar manner”. Alfred Blumstein in Encyclopedia of Crime and Justice, Khadish (ed.).

2. This Criminal Appeal under Section 21 of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (for short, “the N.I.A. Act”) read with Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short, “the Code”) is at the instance of an undertrial accused questioning the legality and validity of the order passed by the Special Judge (NIA), City Sessions Court, Ahmedabad, dated 4th March 2020 rejecting the bail application filed by the accused in connection with the First Information Report registered with the Rajkot ‘A’ Division Police Station, Rajkot, vide I-C.R. No.51 of 2017, and later, re-registered vide R.C. No.06-2017/NIA/ DLI with the National Investigation Agency for the offences punishable under Sections 120B, 201, 406, 420, 489A, 489B, 489C, 489D, 468 and 471 of the Indian Penal Code.

3. It appears from