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ANOOP CHITKARA
Anil Vij – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. Anoop Chitkara, J. -
| FIR No. | Dated | Police Station | Sections |
| 15 | 10.10.2023 | E.O.W., Vigilance Bureau, Ludhiana | 7-A of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 |
The petitioner incarcerated in the FIR captioned above has come up before this Court under section 439 CrPC, 1973 seeking bail.
2. In paragraph 17 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 is also voluntarily agreeable to the condition that till the conclusion of the trial before the trial court, the petitioner shall keep only one mobile number, which is mentioned in AADHAR card, and within fifteen days of release from prison undertakes to disconnect all other mobile numbers. The petitioner contends that the further pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and family.
4. The State opposes bail.
5. The prosecution case is being extracted from status report dated 28.11.2023 filed by concerned DySP which reads as under:-
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