Manpreet Singh vs State of U. T. , Chandigarh

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 439

JASJIT SINGH BEDI
Manpreet Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of U. T. , Chandigarh – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Sukhbinder Singh Bawa, Advocate for the Appellant; Mr. A.M. Punchhi, Addl. PP., U.T., Chandigarh assisted by ASI Gulab Singh

JUDGMENT

Jasjit Singh Bedi, J. (Oral) - The Prayer in this petition under Section 439 Cr.PC is for the grant of regular bail in case FIR No.08 dated 13.07.2022 under Sections 419, 420 & 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, U.T., Chandigarh.

2. The brief facts of the case are that complainant Harish Goyal was informed by his friend Sunil Gupta about the availability of Platinum premium mobile numbers of the Airtel company and was told about one Aditya Jain who offered the complainant a Platinum Premium mobile number of the Airtel company. A sum of Rs.2,74,544/- was paid by the complainant for the purchase of the platinum mobile number into the Kotak Mahindra Bank account of Aditya Jain. Thereafter, a further amount of Rs.2,08,990/- was also deposited for another number in AU Small Finance Bank. Aditya Jain informed the complainant that the numbers would be activated in 02 days and after that he did not respond to the cause of the complainant. Therefore the FIR came to be registered. During investigation it was found that the mobile numbers in question from which the calls were made to the complainant were in the name of a co-accused Preshit Chandrakant Narvekar (since g

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