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HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous 2nd Bail Application No. 2933/2026 Bhawani Shankar S/o Lalluram, Aged About 31 Years, R/o Dhankon Ka Mohalla, Beelpur, Police Station Chandwaji, District Jaipur. (At Present Confined In Central Jail Jaipur).

----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through Pp ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Manish Kumar Mr. Vimal Soni For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rajendra Singh Shekhawat, PP Mr. B.L. Nasuna Mr. Santosh Singh Shekhawat HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE ASHOK KUMAR JAIN

Order

10/03/2026

1. The present bail applications under Section 483 of BNSS are filed by the applicant-accused Bhawani Shankar S/o Lalluram and seeking bail in respect of a criminal case registered as FIR No.85/2025 dated 22.02.2025 registered at P.S. Samod, District – Jaipur Rural, for the offence under Section 318(4), 338, 336(3)

and 61(2)(a) of BNS.

2. Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been falsely implicated in the matter and the investigation against him is complete and he is no more required in investigation. He further submits that there are no chance of fleeing of applicant accused from the jurisdiction of this Hon’ble Court. He also submits that the applicant undertakes not to repeat offence and cooperate with investigation/trial, which will take time.

3. Learned counsel for petitioner submitted that the petitioner is a bona fide executant of document and he was not aware about any of the transaction between complainant and main accused Dharam Pratap Singh. He also submitted that Dharam Pratap Singh has expired after his arrest and he is kingpin behind the entire conspiracy. He also submitted that the present petitioner was working with Dharam Pratap Singh who is in close acquaintance with complainant. He also submitted that present petitioner is neither aware about the whereabouts of complainant or his family members rather present petitioner has just signed a document which was brought to him by Dharam Pratap Singh. At last, he submitted that present petitioner is in custody and considering his role he is entitled to be released on bail.

4. Aforesaid contentions were opposed by learned public prosecutor and learned counsel for complainant.

5. Heard learned counsel for the petitioner-accused and learned Public Prosecutor and learned counsel for complainant. Perused the material placed on record by both the parties.

6. The bail application of Sanwarmal was dismissed by this court on 09.02.2026 whereas bail application of Raju Prasad, another accused, was dismissed on 09.01.2026. Prior to aforesaid bail application of Raju Prasad, Sanwarmal, Bhawani Shankar were dismissed on 25.09.2025. Admittedly, main accused is Dharam Pratap Singh who expired while he was in judicial custody.

7. The material on record indicate that issue pertains to forgery of documents and transfer of land of complainant and his close relatives by executing power of attorney in the name of present petitioner. The power of attorney is a forged document which was never executed by complainant or his family members. The allegations are serious in nature and while deciding first bail application we have observed as under:

"On basis of a complaint dated 22.02.2025 lodged at P.S. Samod, District Jaipur Rural about transfer of land by fabricated agreement to sell and power of attorney, a report is registered and matter is investigated. During investigation, police has recorded statement of complainant and Neelima Singh, Smita Singh and Girija Shah. Police has found that Dharam Pratap Singh, who deals in properties is well aware about lands of Rajputs, and he is in conspiracy with Raju Prasad, Bhawani Shankar Soni, Sanwarmal and Harphool Choudhary hatched a conspiracy and fabricated the documents, to grab the property in question. Police has also found that a fabricated Will of late Smt. Sobhagya Kanwar (mother of complainat Sudarshan Singh) is also prepared by Dharam Pratap Singh,