Shivam Niranjan Podar vs State Of Gujarat

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2024 Supreme(Guj) 569

J. C. DOSHI
Shivam Niranjan Podar – Appellant
Versus
State Of Gujarat – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Applicant :Mr SI Nanavati, Senior Advocate With Mr. Vipul B Sundesha
For the Respondent: Mr H K Patel, Addl. Public Prosecutor, Mr Vishal K Anandjiwala

JUDGMENT :

1. By way of the present petition under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973, the petitioner has prayed to release him on anticipatory bail in case of his arrest in connection with the FIR registered as C.R.No.I-11201017240001 of 2024 registered with CID Crime Border Zone, Kachchh (West), Bhuj Police Station.

2. The facts in nutshell leading to filing of the present application are as under.

2.1 According to the case of prosecution, it is alleged that Co-accused Shailesh Bhandari and Anurag Bhandari who are the owners of Electrotherm Company opened in the name of the complainant taking the original complainant into confidence. It is alleged that in order to avoid to pay money to the complainant, the accused persons persuaded the complainant to come to Ahmedabad and when the complainant was on his way, the co-accused persons from Electrotherm Company stopped his car and forcibly abducted him at gunpoint and brought to Ahmedabad. It is alleged that the complainant was then kept confined in a farm house and threatened with dire consequences. It is further alleged that the accused forcibly took signatures of Khushiben on blank paper and blank stamp paper and alle