Tikam Singh Chouhan v. State Of Chhattisgarh

HIGH COURT OF CHHATTISGARH, BILASPUR MCRC No. 6245 of 2017 Tikam Singh Chouhan S/o Mohan Singh Chouhan Aged About 42 Years R/o Station Para, Mahasamund Police Station Mahasamund District Mahasamund Chhattisgarh.

---- Applicant

Versus

State Of Chhattisgarh Through Station House Officer Police Station Gol Bazar Raipur District Raipur Chhattisgarh. ---- Respondent For applicant - Shri Vikash Pradhan, Advocate. For Respondent/State -Shri Adhiraj Surana, Dy.G.A. Hon'ble Shri Justice Goutam Bhaduri Order 03/01/2018 1.

The applicant has preferred this application for grant of bail as he is arrested in connection with Crime No.12/2008 registered in Police Station Gol Bazar, Raipur, District Raipur (C.G.) for offence punishable under sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 34 of Indian Penal Code. 2.

Case of the prosecution, in brief, is that the applicant alongwith other co-accused has committed fraud by forged DD and the offence was registered in 2008, thereafter he was absconding and he was arrested in 2016.

3.

Learned counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant is in jail for more than one year and case of the main accused has been decided, therefore trial may take time, therefore the applicant may be released on bail.

4.

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

Considering the fact that the applicant was absconding for 8 years, this court is not inclined to release the applicant on bail. 6.

Accordingly, the bail application is dismissed. However, learned trial

court is directed to expedite the trial and decide the case within period of 9 months from the date of receipt of this order. Sd/- (Goutam Bhaduri) JUDGE gouri