Wahid Ali @ Kallu v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCRC No. 4988 of 2016 Wahid Ali @ Kallu S/o Md. Safik Aged About 28 Years, R/o Village Kuruludih, P.S. - Sanawal Tahsil Ramanujganj, Distt. Balrampur Chhattisgarh ---- Applicant

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State Of Chhattisgarh Through P.S. - Odagi Distt. Surajpur Chhattisgarh ---- Respondent For applicant - Ms. Sonia Kuldeep, Advocate. For Respondent/State - Shri Neeraj Sharma, Dy.G.A. Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order 30/08/2016 1.

The applicant has preferred this application for grant of bail as he is arrested in connection with Crime No.31/2016 registered in Police Station Odagi, Distt.-Surajpur (C.G.) for offence punishable under sections 489(B), 489(C), 420/34 of IPC.

2.

As per the prosecution case, one Sahabuddin while making a purchase on 20/04/2016 gave note of Rs.1000/- and after touching the same when the shop keeper had some doubt and tried to test it, at that time he tried to fled away and during such procedure his purse fell down wherein driving licence and other notes were recovered and on further enquiry of Sahabuddin when he was arrested, on his memorandum it was revealed that he alongwith other co-accused used the fake currency notes and on the memorandum of Sahabuddin fake currency notes of Rs.3000/- were seized from the applicant.

3.

Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has been inculpated only on the memorandum statement of co-accused and no direct evidence is available against this applicant and the allegations are also against one Deepak Kajaria of Dhanbad. In his statement also

nothing is on record to inculpate the present applicant, therefore the applicant may be released on bail.

4.

Learned State counsel opposes the prayer for grant of bail. 5.

Perused the case diary documents also memorandum statement and the seizure. On the memorandum of Sahabuddin co-accused fake currency notes of Rs.3000/- of different denomination were seized from the applicant. There were 7 accused apart from the present applicant. Case diary shows that ultimate destination of the channel was upto Nepal and Bangladesh. Considering the gravity of offence and the recovery made, this court is not inclined to release the applicant on bail. 6.

Accordingly, the bail application is dismissed. Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) JUDGE gouri