Virendre Sahu v. State

$~5 * IN THE HIGH COURT OF DELHI AT NEW DELHI + BAIL APPLN. 1888/2018 VIRENDRE SAHU ..... Petitioner Through:

Mr.Vedant Singh & Ms.Michelle I.

Gomes, Advocates for the applicant versus STATE ..... Respondent Through:

Ms.Aashaa Tiwari, APP for the State with SI Anand Prakash, PS Madhu Vihar

CORAM:

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE A.K. PATHAK

O R D E R

% 16.10.2018 By way of this application filed under Section 439 Cr.P.C., the petitioner is praying for release on regular bail in FIR No.74/2018, under Sections 420/468/471/120-B IPC, registered at PS Madhu Vihar. Learned counsel for the petitioner states that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in this case. There is nothing against the petitioner except the confessional statement of co-accused and petitioner's own confessional statement.

No independent material could be collected during the investigation to show the complicity of the petitioner with the offences alleged. It is submitted that all the co-accused have been granted bail and petitioner is in custody for more than six months.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that charge-sheet has been filed and petitioner is not required for any further investigation. Petitioner may be released on bail.

Learned APP for the State submits that petitioner is the master mind of the crime.

Petitioner conspired with Ranjit Kumar and pursuant to this conspiracy Ranjit Kumar went to State Bank of India along with forged letter head of M/s Aman Electronics and got `7.5 lakhs transferred from the current account of M/s Aman Electronics to the account of one Ajay (their another accomplice, who could not be arrested till date). Petitioner used to get the forged letter heads prepared from one Vinay Kumar. He also got prepared seals of the firm from one Ali Haider. On the basis of these fake letter heads and seals, petitioner used to get the money transferred from the different accounts of this firm in the account of his accomplices. Learned APP submits that on the disclosure statement of petitioner, co-accused Vinay Kumar was arrested and got recovered fake letter heads and also hard disk of the computer, which was used for preparing the fake letter heads.

It is submitted that mobile phone of the petitioner has been recovered and sent to FSL.

Ali Haider has identified the petitioner correctly as the

person who got prepared the fake rubber stamps. Keeping in mind the totality of the facts and circumstances of this case, petitioner is admitted to bail, subject to his furnishing a personal bond in the sum of `25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with one surety in the like amount to the satisfaction of the trial court. Bail application is disposed of in the above terms. Dasti.

A.K. PATHAK, J.

OCTOBER 16, 2018 'hkaur'