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2022 Supreme(P&H) 518

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


Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Naresh S. Shekhawat, Senior Advocate with Mr. Tanvir S. Grewal, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Harsimar Singh Sitta, AAG, Punjab. Mr. P.S. Ahluwalia, Advocate for the complainant, for the Respondent

JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J.

FIR No.

Dated

Police Station

Sections

154

01.04.2022

Sohana, District SAS Nagar, Punjab

406 and 420 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 paragraph 13 of the bail application, the accused declares the following criminal antecedents:

      (i) The petitioner is involved in one other case i.e. FIR No. 114 dated 02.06.2017 and he is on interim anticipatory bail in the said FIR.

      3. The matter pertains to an agreement to sell of the year 2015, which was revalidated in 2022. Pertaining to this transaction, one FIR was registered against the petitioner's father in 2017, and he has filed its quashing petition.

      4. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner states that if this court imposes any condition on sale of land, then he would have no objection to it but bail be granted. Ld. counsel further 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. While opposing the bail, Ld. counsel representing the State contends that given the criminal past, the acc

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