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ANOOP CHITKARA
Kuldeep Kumar – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. Anoop Chitkara, J.
| FIR No. | Dated | Police Station | Sections |
| 1 | 10.02.2017 | Vigilance Bureau, Economic Offences Wing, District Ludhiana | 409, 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B IPC and 13(1) (D) read with 13(2) of the PC Act (Sec"on 201 IPC added later on) |
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 19 of the bail petition, the accused declares that he has no criminal antecedents.
3. petitioner's counsel prays for bail by imposing any stringent conditions and are also voluntarily agreeable to the condition that till the conclusion of the trial, the petitioner shall keep only one mobile number, which is mentioned in AADHAR card, if any, and within fifteen days undertakes to disconnect all other mobile numbers. The petitioner contends that custodial interrogation and pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and family.
4. The state's counsel opposes the bail. Reply dated 07.03.2024 filed by State counsel today in the Court is taken on record. Copy thereof has been supplied to counsel for the petitioner.
5. T
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