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2022 Supreme(P&H) 196

ANOOP CHITKARA
Rohit – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent


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

JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J.

FIR No.

Dated

Police Station

Sections

76

07.04.2022

Civil Lines Batala, Police District Batala, District Gurdaspur

406 & 120-B IPC

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

2. In paragraph 8 of the bail petition, the accused declares that he has no criminal antecedents.

3. The petitioner allegedly misappropriated around Rs. 2 lacs in Sep & Oct 2021.

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. The allegations of misappropriation are of Sep & Oct 2021, whereas the FIR was registered in April 2022, i.e., after six months. 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 paragraphs 3 to 5 of the bail petition needs consideration for bail.

7. In the present case, the maximum sentence imposable for the offences mentioned in FIR does not exceed seve

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