Kanwaljit Singh @ Kawaljit Singh vs State of Punjab

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2023 Supreme(P&H) 472

GURVINDER SINGH GILL
Kanwaljit Singh @ Kawaljit Singh – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates appeared:
Mr. Ashwani Prashar, Advocate, for the Appellant; Mr. Luvinder Sofat, DAG, Punjab, assisted by ASI Chamkaur Singh., for the State

JUDGMENT

Gurvinder Singh Gill, J. (Oral) - The petitioner seeks grant of regular bail in respect of a case registered against him vide FIR No.15 dated 29.08.2022 at Police Station Vigilance Bureau Range, District Jalandhar, under Sections 406, 409, 420, 465, 468, 471, 477-A, 120-B IPC and Sections 13(1)A read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act.

2. The allegations, in nutshell, are that during the course of checking/audit of Karnana Multipurpose Cooperative Agriculture Society Ltd., Village Karnana, District SBS Nagar, embezzlement to the tune of Rs.7,14,07,596.23/- came to notice and it was found that the said embezzlement had been committed by Randhir Singh, Committee Member (Ex. President), Sukhwinder Singh, Vice President, Ravinder Singh, Committee Member, Mohinder Lal, Committee Member, Kanwaljit Singh, Committee Member, Inderjit Dhir (Ex. Secretary) and Harpreet, Cashier. It was found that the accused were maintaining 2 computers, wherein in one of the said computers, the actual entries were being made, but in the other one, false entries were being made and the amount which had been deposited by the loanees/investors was not being recorded and it is the said

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