JUDGMENT :

AMOL RATTAN SINGH, J.

1. Case heard via video conferencing.

2. By this petition, the petitioner seeks the concession of ‘anticipatory bail’ under the provisions of Section 438 of the Cr.P.C. upon FIR no. 49, dated 21.06.2020, having been registered at Police Station Women, Ambala City, District Ambala, alleging therein the commission of offences punishable under Sections 323, 376, 420 and 506 of the IPC.

3. At the time when the notice of motion was issued on 26.08.2020, the following order had been passed by this court:-

“Prayer in this petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in FIR No. 49, dated 21.06.2020, under Sections 323, 376, 420, 506 IPC, registered at Police Station Women, Ambala City, District Ambala. Learned counsel contends that a false case has been brought forth for extraneous reasons.

He further contends that the petitioner was a trader of shoes for men and women in Agra. For expansion of his business he would often visit Ambala where he chanced to meet the complainant and they became friends. Thereafter, the complainant would collect the money pertaining to the business transactions on his behalf and later would transfer the same in his acc