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High Court of Punjab and HaryanaCRM-M/2285/2025allowed

Mehtaab Hassan Alias Mehtaab Ali v. State Of Punjab

2025-03-06Mrs. Justice Manjari Nehru Kaul2 pages

CRM-M-2285-2025 (O&M)

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT

CHANDIGARH CRM-M-2285-2025 (O&M) Date of decision: 06.03.2025 Mehtaab Hassan @ Mehtaab Ali

...Petitioner

Versus

State of Punjab

...Respondent

CORAM: HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL

Present:

Mr. M.S. Rana, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Shiva Khurmi, AAG, Punjab.

Mr. A.S. Khinda, Advocate for the complainant.

**** MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J.

Prayer in this petition is for grant of anticipatory bail to the petitioner in case FIR No.120 dated 16.08.2017 registered for offences punishable under Sections 323, 324, 452, 506, 148 and 149 of IPC (Sections 325, 326 and 201 of IPC added later on) at Police Station Sadar Kapurthala, District Kapurthala.

2.

On 17.01.2025, while noticing the following submissions made by the learned counsel for the petitioner a Co-ordinate Bench of this Court had granted the concession of interim bail to the petitioner and asked him to join investigation:- "Inter alia contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated into the FIR in question, even if the prosecution case is taken to be true, the only injury attributed to the

CRM-M-2285-2025 (O&M) petitioner is on the wrist of Shaukat Ali; the petitioner was not aware of the proceedings being undertaken against him & the petitioner is willing to join investigation and cooperate therein."

3.

Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in compliance of order dated 17.01.2025, the petitioner has joined investigation and cooperated with the investigating agency.

4.

Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Jagdish Kumar, does not dispute the factum of the petitioner having joined investigation and cooperated with the investigating agency. He, on further instructions, submits that the petitioner is not required for further investigation much less for his custodial interrogation. 5.

In view of the above, the petition is allowed and interim order dated 17.01.2025, is made absolute subject to the conditions laid down in Section 482(2) of BNSS, 2023.

06.03.2025 (MANJARI NEHRU KAUL) Satyawan JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned: Yes/No Whether Reportable:

Yes/No