ANOOP CHITKARA
Veena Yadav – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
| FIR No. | Dated | Police Station | Sections |
| 18 | 01.05.2024 | Anti-Corruption Bureau, | District Gurugram 409/420/465/467/471/201/120-B IPC and Section 13 of PC Act, 1988 |
1. Petitioner is involved in three cases of similar nature and filed three petitions for bail in all cases. Detail of one case is captioned above and remaining are given below:
| Sr. No. | FIR No. | Dated | Offences | Police Station |
| 1. | 19 | 01.05.2024 | 409, 420, 465, 467, 471, 201, 120-B IPC and 13 of PC Act | ACB, Gurugram |
| 2. | 20 | 01.05.2024 | 409, 420, 465, 467, 471, 201, 120-B IPC and 13 of PC Act | ACB, Gurugram |
2. The petitioner apprehending arrest in these FIRs has come up before this Court under Section 438 CrPC, 1973, seeking anticipatory bail by filing three different petitions.
3. Since all these petitions are related to similar nature of fraud and only difference among these is qua the amount, therefore, these petitions are being decided by this common order. For brevity, the facts are being taken from CRM-M No.30947 of 2024.
4. The facts and allegations are being taken from the reply filed by
The welfare of a child can outweigh the need for custodial interrogation in cases involving serious allegations, justifying the grant of anticipatory bail.
The grant of bail should consider the gravity of the offence, the accused's right to liberty, and the need to protect the accused's rights, even in cases involving serious allegations.
Anticipatory bail – Being an extra-ordinary remedy, it should be resorted to only in a special case.
Anticipatory bail can only be granted in exceptional circumstances and successive bail applications should demonstrate a change in circumstances.
The court emphasized the serious nature of economic offences and allowed anticipatory bail based on parity between accused, subject to cooperation with the investigation.
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