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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
ANOOP CHITKARA
Ravinder – Appellant
Versus
State Of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Anoop Chitkara, J.
FIR No. | Dated | Police Station | Sections |
554 | 25.09.2020 | Camp, District Palwal | 420, 467, 468, 471, 120B, 201 IPC, Sections 8, 13(1)D of Prevention of Corruption Act and Section 66C & D of Information & Technology Act |
1. 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 16 of the bail petition, the accused declares that he has no criminal antecedents.
3. Facts of the case are being taken from reply dated 29.03.2024, which reads as follows:-
"2. That the brief facts of the case are that FIR was registered upon the complaint of Devender Kumar, HPS, C.M. Flying Sguad Palwal who submitted a written complaint at the Police Station Camp Palwal on 25.9.2020, as the police cameto know from the source report that the commercial driving licenses were being renewed in Regional Transport Authority (RTO) Office Palwal by the agents and computer operators in collusion with the license holders and the officials of the RTO Office by indulging in a scam. Pursuant to the said information, inguiry was conducted and during the course of inguiry on 24.09.2020 the attested copy of dri
Point of Law : Grant of Bail - Grant of anticipatory bail at the stage of investigation may frustrate the investigating agency in interrogating the accused and in collecting the useful information an....
Anticipatory bail should not be granted routinely in serious economic offences involving large-scale fraud, as custodial interrogation is crucial for effective investigation.
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The court emphasized that anticipatory bail should not be granted if it hampers investigation, especially in cases involving economic offences.
Economic offences need to be viewed seriously and considered as grave offences affecting the economy of the country, requiring a different approach in the matter of bail.
Parameters for grant of anticipatory bail in a serious offence are required to be satisfied and further while granting such relief, Court must record reasons therefor. Anticipatory bail can be grante....
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