Sumit Juneja v. State Of Haryana

IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB & HARYANA

AT CHANDIGARH 2024:PHHC:031141 CRM-M-53350-2023 Date of decision: March 5th, 2024 Sumit Juneja .....Petitioner

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State of Haryana .....Respondent

CORAM:

HON'BLE MRS. JUSTICE MANJARI NEHRU KAUL

Present:

Mr. Himanshu Arora, Advocate for the petitioner.

Mr. Rajesh Gaur, Additional Advocate General, Haryana. MANJARI NEHRU KAUL, J. (ORAL) Petitioner is seeking the concession of anticipatory bail in FIR No.4 dated 17.03.2023 under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the IPC (Section 120-B of the IPC added later on) registered at Police Station Cyber Crime, Hisar.

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While issuing notice of motion on 19.10.2023, following submissions of learned counsel for the petitioner were recorded:- "Learned counsel inter alia contends that the petitioner has been falsely implicated in the case in hand. He submits that a perusal of the FIR in question reveals that no specific attribution has been made qua him. It has also been submitted that the petitioner was the distributor of SIM cards and in fact it is his employees i.e. co-accused, who had committed the crime in question, as admittedly he was not involved in the verification of the documents which were provided by the various customers."

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Thereafter, vide order dated 11.12.2023, the petitioner had been granted interim anticipatory bail with direction to join investigation. PUNEET SACHDEVA 2024.03.05 15:07 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh

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Learned counsel for the petitioner submits that in compliance of order dated 11.12.2023, the petitioner has joined investigation and cooperated with the investigating agency. 5.

Learned State counsel, on instructions from ASI Narender 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. 6.

In view of the above, the petition is allowed and interim order dated 11.12.2023, is made absolute subject to the conditions laid down in Section 438(2) Cr.P.C.

March 5th , 2024 (MANJARI NEHRU KAUL) Puneet JUDGE Whether speaking/reasoned :

Yes Whether reportable :

No PUNEET SACHDEVA 2024.03.05 15:07 I attest to the accuracy and integrity of this document Chandigarh