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IN THE HIGH COURT FOR THE STATE OF TELANGANA AT HYDERABAD -
WEDNESDAY ,THE TWENTY FOURTH DAY OF FEBRUARY TWO THOUSAND AND TWENTY ONE :PRESENT:
THE HONOURABLE JUSTICE G SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION NO: 928 OF 2021 Between:
Kamakshi Ranganathan, D/o Ranganathan and Wo M.Ravi, Petitioner AND State of Telangana, Rep.by its Public Prosecutor, High Court of Judicature, at Hyderabad, Through P.S.Chikkadpally, Hyderabad.
Respondent, Petition under Section 438 of Cr.P.C, praying that in the circumstances stated in the grounds filed in support of the Criminal Petition, the High Court may be pleased to enlarge the Petitioner on Bail in the event of her arrest in FIR No.557/2008, dated
1311112008, on the file of Chikkadpally PS, Hyderabad,;
The petition coming on for hearing, upon perusing the Petition and the grounds filed in support thereof and upon hearing the arguments of SRI SREENIVAS PADALA Advocate for the Petitioner and ASSISTANT PUBLIC PROSECUTOR for the Respondent, the Court made the following.
ORDER:
HONOURABLE JUSTICE G. SRI DEVI CRIMINAL PETITION NO.928 0F 202r ORDER:
This Crinrinal Petition, under Section 438 of the Code of Criminal Pro<:edure, 1973 (Cr.P.C.), is filed by the petitioner/ accu:;ed, for grant of anticipatory bail in Crime No.557 of 2008 ol P.S. rlhikkadpally, Hyderabad, registered for the offence punishable und-'r Section 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
Heard tht: learned counsel for the petitioner/ accr.rsed, the learned Assistant Public Prosecutor representing the respondent-
State and perus,:d the record.
Learned counsel for the petitioner/ accused rvould submit that the petitioner is a Chartered Accountant and she joined in the company as Intr:rnal Auditor with gross salary of Rs.20,000/- per month, and later promoted as Additional Director, and she used to look after the lr-rternal Audit and that during her tenure, she has not authorized or signed any kind of financial statements and she has no access to the documents/ papers pertaining to the business and marketing oi the company and in 2008, she resigned her job. He further subrr.its that even as per the complaint, there are no specific allegations or overt acts against the petitioner and she is innocent of the alleged offences. He also submits that the petitioner is a 1aw abiding citizen having good reputation in the I society and she is ready to abide by any condition that may be imposed by thisr Court in the event of her enlargement on anticipatory bail.
Learned Assistant Public Prosecutor vehemently opposed to grant anticipatorv bail to the petitioner.
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I Having regard to the facts and circumstances and looking into the nature of allegations levelled against the petitioner, without adverting to the merits of the matter, I am inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner/ accused.
Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is allowed and the petitioner/ accused is directed to surrender before the Station House Officer, P.S. Chikkadpally, Hyderabad, within a period of 15 days from the date of this order. On such surrender, the said Station House Officer shall release the petitioner/ accused on bai1, on her executing personal bond for a sum of Rs. 15,000/- (Rupees fifteen thousand only) with two sureties for a like sum each to his satisfaction. On such release, the petitioner/ accused shall abide by the conditions stipulated in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C and co-operate with the investigating officer in investigating the case.
Miscellaneous applications, if any, pending shall stand closed.
I I SD/- K. ONESIM ASSISTANT REGISTRAR \e //TRUE COPY// SECTION OFFICER To, tj$.1$H"f"'i[:::"
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DATED: 24.O2,2O2t
CRLP. NO: 928 of 2C'2L CRIMINAL PETITIOI{ IS ALLOWED
