Raj Bahadur v. State Of Punjab

  
      
 



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!,0-&+-+0    4    "  " & While opposing the prayer of bail, learned State counsel submits that the present FIR was registered at the instance of the Reader posted in the Court of learned Sub Divisional Judicial Magistrate, Malerkotla, and no lenient view can be adopted in such matters. In fact, it is not cheating with the complainant or vis a vis some property, rather it is an act of playing fraud with the Court itself. Thus, prays for dismissal of the present petition.

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I have considered the submissions addressed by the respective counsel, and also gone through the record available before the Court.

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From the record it is noticed that co-accused Vakesh Kumar has already been granted concession of anticipatory bail by the Coordinate Bench of this Court, vide its order dated 03.11.2023, passed in CRM-M-37943-2023 (Annexure P-4). Similarly, another co-accused, namely, Mohammad Aamir, has also been granted concession of anticipatory bail, vide order dated 03.11.2023, passed in CRM-M-350212023 (Annexure P-5) and another co-accused, namely, Avtar Singh and Saleem Khan, have also been granted concession of regular bail by this Court, vide orders dated 20.05.2025(P-3) and 07.07.2025 (P-2) respectively. Even the other aspects as argued by petitioner's counsel are also worth noticing. Moreover, all the offences are subject to the Magisterial trial, wherein process of recording statements of the

 prosecution witnesses is yet to start. In all likelihood, considerable period would be consumed in culmination of the trial and liberty of the petitioner cannot be curtailed indefinitely. Therefore, plea for bail, at this stage, seems to be justifiable. Accordingly, taking note of all the aforementioned aspects, present petition is allowed, and petitioner is ordered to be released on bail, subject to his furnishing bail/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the learned Trial Court / Chief Judicial Magistrate / Area Magistrate / Duty Magistrate concerned, if not required in any other case.

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Needless to observe that the petitioner shall not extend any threat and shall not influence any prosecution witness in any manner directly or indirectly.

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