Mukesh Gupta vs Union Territory of J&K

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2021 Supreme(J&K) 680

RAJNESH OSWAL
Mukesh Gupta – Appellant
Versus
Union Territory of J&K – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Petitioner: G.S. Thakur
For the Respondent: Jamrodh Singh, Ankur Sharma

JUDGMENT :

Rajnesh Oswal, J.

1. The present application has been filed by the petitioner for grant of bail in charge sheet, titled, 'State vs. Mukesh Gupta' pending before the court of learned Sessions Judge, Reasi (hereinafter to be referred as the trial court) for commission of offences under Sections 376 and 506 RPC, arising out of FIR bearing No. 13/2019registered with the Police Station, Katra.

2. The petitioner claims to be a Government employee serving as a Senior Accountant with the Central Government Employees Welfare Housing Organization, Ministry of Urban Affairs at New Delhi and is seeking bail on the ground that he met the prosecutrix for the first time on 29.11.2011 at his office where she was introduced through a common friend. Thereafter, they continued to meet each other. Subsequently, the prosecutrix offered to involve the petitioner in her business activities and as such, the petitioner and the prosecutrix were doing business together wherein the petitioner made huge investment after withdrawing it from the provident fund, bank account and availing few bank loans. The petitioner along with the prosecutrix and her mother had also gone for several outstation vacations

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