CORAM: HONOURABLE MR. JUSTICE PRABHAT KUMAR SINGH ORAL ORDER

2 09-02-2026 Heard learned counsel for the petitioner, learned A.P.P. for the State and learned counsel for the informant/Opposite Party No. 2.

2. The petitioner apprehends his arrest in a case registered for the offence under Sections 406 and 420 of the Indian Penal Code and Section 138 of the Negotiable Instrument Act .

3. It is a case of cheque bounce. As per prosecution case, it is alleged that this petitioner, along with co-accused Ajit Kumar, took Rs. 70,00,000/- (Seventy lakhs rupees) from the informant as consideration money in lieu of executing a land in his favour and later on, refused to execute the land. Thereafter, when the informant asked for his money back, the accused persons issued cheques in his favour which got bounced due to insufficiency of funds. Thus, the accused persons cheated the informant and extorted money from him.

4. It is submitted by learned counsel appearing on behalf of the petitioner that petitioner is quite innocent and has committed no offence. Petitioner has falsely been implicated in this case with ulterior motive. Petitioner claims clean antecedents.

5. On the other hand, learned A.P.