ORDER :

Ashok Menon, J.

1. Application filed under Section 438, Cr.P.C. for anticipatory bail.

2. The applicant is the sole accused in Crime No. 544 of 2020 of Infopark Police Station for having allegedly committed offences punishable under Sections 406, 417, 420, 468 and 500 of the I.P.C.

3. The prosecution case, in brief, is that the applicant had dishonestly induced the de facto complainant to deliver huge sums of money running into crores of rupees making him believe that he would be made a partner in the business venture started by the applicant in Kuwait and Singapore. Promising to pay good returns the applicant had also induced the de facto complainant to transfer rupees one crore into the account of one Rajan, who was introduced by the applicant to the de facto complainant, stating that the said Rajan is involved in financial trading. Promises were also given by the applicant about starting a company in Singapore assuring good returns. The de facto complainant was made to believe that the applicant is a close relative of the Pandalam Raja and that he could arrange purchase of huge tracts of land in Pandalam. Documents were created by the applicant for the purpose of cheating th