DEEPAK GUPTA
Dilip @ Dileep Kumar Tripathi – Appellant
Versus
State of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT
Mr. Deepak Gupta, J.
This order shall dispose of three petitions, as all three of them pertain to case FIR No.228 dated 24.08.2023 under Sections 420, 120B and 506 IPC (Sections 467, 468, 471 IPC added later on vide DDR No.30 dated 03.09.2023) registered at Police Station Sadar Mansa, District Mansa.
2. CRM-M-61945 of 2023 has been filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C by petitioner - Syed Pervez Rahman seeking regular bail; whereas CRM-M-50449 of 2023 and CRM-M-138 of 2024 have been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C by petitioners Dilip @ Dileep Kumar Tripathi and Humra Rehman respectively, seeking anticipatory bail.
3. Separate status reports in all the three petitions have been filed on behalf of the respondent-State.
4.1 It emerges that complaints were made by Gurpreet Singh son of Major Singh, resident of Bathinda to the Police, as per which, in October 2020, he along with his friend Nardev Bansal and Ex-MLA Pritam Singh came in contact at Chandigarh with Syed Pervez Rahman (petitioner in CRM-M-61945 of 2023), Dilip @ Dileep Kumar Tripathi (petitioner in CRM-M-50449 of 2023) and Sanjay Sharma, who told them that they were getting Nirmal Singh Bhangu, the owner of Pearl Company,
The court granted bail based on the absence of substantial evidence and prolonged custody, emphasizing the need for trial to determine the merits of the allegations.
The court affirmed that serious fraud allegations necessitate custodial interrogation, and delay in FIR does not negate the urgency for investigation.
Conspiracy - Rejection of application for anticipatory bail - Required in-depth investigation.
Anticipatory Bail – Cheating and fraud - Allegations against the petitioner are grave and serious in nature – No clean past antecedents - Custodial interrogation required to recover cheated amount - ....
Anticipatory bail denied due to serious allegations of conspiracy and fraud in property transactions, necessitating further investigation.
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