IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH
RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL
Jai Shankar Mishra – Appellant
Versus
State of Haryana – Respondent
JUDGMENT :
RUPINDERJIT CHAHAL, J.
1. Prayer in the present petition filed under Section 482 of the BNSS, 2023 is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.559 dated 15.10.2024 registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC, at Police Station Sector-8, District Faridabad.
2. Brief facts as per the prosecution case are that the petitioner in connivance with other co-accused impersonated as representatives of M/s M3M India Holdings Pvt. Ltd., used documents and false e-mail communications and induced the complainant to deploy manpower and thus incurred financial loses to him amounting to Rs.44,11,241/-. Hence, the present FIR.
3. Learned counsel for the petitioner has submitted that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the present case. He further submitted that the petitioner was neither named in the FIR, nor has any concern with the alleged fraud. It has also been contended that the petitioner has been nominated as an accused only on the basis of the disclosure statement made by co-accused Aditya Kumar Singh that too after a gap of more than one year from the registration of FIR, casting serious doubt on the prosecution story. He argued that
Custodial interrogation is essential for effective investigation in serious financial offences, particularly where the accused is a primary participant. Granting pre-arrest protection in such cases w....
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