Vikram Sharma Alias Bhupesh Sharma vs State Of Punjab

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2022 Supreme(P&H) 540

ANOOP CHITKARA
Vikram Sharma Alias Bhupesh Sharma – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates Appeared:
Mr. Raman Goklaney, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. H.S. Sitta, AAG, Punjab. Mr. Anureet Singh Sidhu, Advocate for the complainant, for the Respondent

JUDGMENT

Anoop Chitkara, J.

FIR No.	Dated	Police Station	Sections
149	11.10.2020	Arniwala, District Fazilka	420, 506 & 120-B IPC

1. The petitioner, incarcerating upon his arrest in the FIR captioned above, has come up before this Court under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking bail.

2. In paragraph 7 of the status report, the accused has the following criminal antecedents:

Sr. No.	FIR No.	Date	Offences/Sections	Police Station
1.	205	18.11.2016	420, 34 IPC	Civil Lines, Bathinda
2.	267	5.12.2019	420, 406, 34 IPC	Civil Lines, Bathinda
3.	54	15.8.2016	420 IPC	Ballian Wali, District Bathinda
4.	109	25.7.2020	420 IPC	Arni Wala
5.	30	21.3.2021	420, 120-B IPC	Arniwala

3. The accused befriended the complainant and later on allured him by showing him huge profits, made him part with lacs of rupees, which the petitioner usurped.

4. Ld. Counsel for the petitioner contends that 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 accused is likely to indulge in crime once released on bail. Strenuously opposing the bail, the contention on behalf of the complainant i