Malvinder Singh Sidhu vs State Of Punjab

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2024 Supreme(P&H) 1953

PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURT AT CHANDIGARH
ANOOP CHITKARA
Malvinder Singh Sidhu – Appellant
Versus
State Of Punjab – Respondent

Advocates:
Advocate Appeared:
For the Appellant :Mr. Vinod Ghai, Sr. Advocate with Mr. Arnav Ghai, Advocate and Mr. Saurav Dogra, Advocate
For the Respondent: Mr. Jasdeep Singh Gill, Addl. A.G., Punjab.

JUDGMENT :

Anoop Chitkara, J.

FIR No.	Dated	Police Station	Sections
28	30.10.2023	Vigilance Bureau, FS-1, Punjab at Mohali	7, 7A of PC (Amendment) Act, 2018 and 384, 419, 420, 120-B IPC (Section 201 IPC added later on)

1. The petitioner, who was posted as AIG, after arrest, is in custody from 04.11.2023, in the FIR captioned above, has come up before this Court under Section 439 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (CrPC) seeking bail.

2. In paragraph 21 of the bail application, the accused declares the following criminal

antecedent:

Sr. No.	FIR No.	Date	Offences	Police Station
1.	117	25.10.2023	353 and 186 IPC	Phase-VIII, SAS Nagar (Mohali)
2.	7	27.01.2024	384, 120-B IPC	Phase-8, SAS Nagar, Mohali

3. Petitioner's counsel prays for bail by imposing any stringent conditions and are also voluntarily agreeable to the condition that till the conclusion of the trial, the petitioner shall keep only one mobile number, which is mentioned in AADHAR card, if any, and within fifteen days 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's counsel opposes the bail and states th