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2022 Supreme(P&H) 276

ANOOP CHITKARA
Ravinder Singh – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. M.S. Hundal, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Dhruv Dayal, Sr. DAG, Punjab, for the Respondent

JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J.

FIR No.

Dated

Police Station

Sections

186

14.07.2022

Jandiala, Amritsar Rural

324, 452, 506, 148, 149, 120-B IPC

1. The petitioner apprehending arrest in the FIR captioned above has come up before this Court under Section 438 Cr.P.C. seeking anticipatory bail.

2. In the bail application, the petitioner is silent about criminal antecedents. Let his disclose all his criminal antecedents to the Investigator.

3. The complainant received injuries in a scuffle.

4. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner contends that the custodial investigation would serve no purpose whatsoever, and the pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and family.

5. Ld. counsel representing the State opposes bail.

REASONING:

6. There are cross-cases with contradictory versions. On prima facie analysis of the nature of allegations, injuries inflicted by the petitioner, and other factors peculiar to this case, there would be no justifiability for custodial or pre-trial incarceration at this stage. Furthermore, the petitioner is a first offender, and one of the relevant factors would be to provide an opportunity to course-correct. Even a primafacie perusal of paragraph 4

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