This petition is filed by the petitioner/accused No.9

under Section 439 of Cr.P.C for granting bail in Crime

No.180/2022 registered by the Ulsoor gate police station,

Bengalore, now pending in S.C.No.1916/2022, on the file

of the LXII Additional City Civil and Sessions Judge at

Bengaluru, filed charge sheet for the offence punishable

under Sections 255, 258, 259, 260, 465, 468, 473, 420

read with 34 of IPC.

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Heard the arguments of learned counsel for the

petitioner and learned High Court Government Pleader for

the respondent-State.

3. The case of the prosecution is that on the suo-

motu complaint registered by the Ulsoor gate police on

19.7.2022 alleging that as per their information some fake

e-stamps were being sold in the Kandaya Bhavana

Bangalore. Hence they set up a D-kayath Customer, who

contacted one Karthik, accused No.2 for stamp paper then

he introduced to the accused No.1. Accordingly, the police

paid money for obtaining fake e-stamp papers by paying

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Rs.10,000/- as advance amount. On the same day, the

accused Nos.3 and 4 brought the stamp papers and the

police trapped them. The accused Nos.1 to 4 were

arrested on the voluntary statement and this petitioner was

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