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PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
ANOOP CHITKARA
Neeraj Mehta – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
Anoop Chitkara, J. -
FIR No. | Dated | Police Station | Sections |
13 | 02.11.2020 | Vigilance Bureau, FS-1, Mohali, District SAS Nagar Mohali | 409, 420, 465, 466, 467, 471, 120B IPC and Sections 7, 7A of PC (Amendment) Act 2018 |
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 17 of the bail petition, the accused declares the following criminal antecedents:
Sr. No. | FIR No. | Date | Offences | Police Station |
1 | 78 | 21.04.2022 | 406, 420 & 120B IPC | Phase-1, SAS Nagar, Mohali |
3. Prosecution's case is being extracted from the reply dated 10.01.2024, which reads as under: -
"That a Case FIR No. 13 dated 02.11.2020, u/s 409, 420, 465, 466, 467, 471, 120-B IPC, 7, 7A Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 as amended by Prevention of Corruption Act, 2018, Police Station Vigilance Bureau, Flying Squad-1, Punjab at Mohali was registered after conducting a detailed enquiry in which it was found that the revenue officials in connivance with other accused persons entered a mutation no. 1767 dated 05.09.2016 and transferred Shamlat Land of Village Soonk in favour of many persons who were not khewatdars of that village. They
The court denied anticipatory bail, emphasizing the serious nature of economic offences and the necessity for custodial interrogation to investigate allegations of inflated land valuations and conspi....
Anticipatory bail can be granted even after prior custody if custodial interrogation is not justified, balancing individual rights with the necessity of a fair trial.
The main legal point established in the judgment is the emphasis on the parameters for considering application for anticipatory bail and the guiding principles for dealing with the application under ....
The judgment emphasized the seriousness of economic offences, the need for custodial interrogation, and the balance between individual rights and public interest in granting anticipatory bail.
Point of law: Corruption in a society is required to be detected and eradicated at the earliest as it shakes “the socio-economic-political system in an otherwise healthy, wealthy, effective and vibra....
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