Gurmeet Singh v. State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, Police Station

2 - Gurmeet Singh S/o Late Shri Kulwant Singh Aged About 60 Years R/o DP-9 Muarya Enclave, In Front Of DAV School, Pritam Pura (Wrongly Mentioned As Pitampura), Shalimar Bag, Police Station- Maurya Enclave, Delhi North West versus Applicants 1 - State Of Chhattisgarh Through- Station House Officer, Police Station - Manendragarh, District - Korea (Now Manendragarh-Chirmiri- Bharatpur (MCB) Chhattisgarh Respondent For Applicants : Mr. Chandrikaditya Pandey, Advocate on behalf of Mr. Dharmesh Shrivastava, Advocate For Respondent(s) : Mr. Ajay Pandey, GA Hon’ble Smt. Justice Rajani Dubey Order on Board 26/03/2025 2

The accused/applicants have moved this First Bail Application under Section 483 of Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 for releasing them on regular bail during trial in connection with Crime No.71/2016, registered at Police Station Manendragarh, District Koriya (C.G.) for the offence punishable under Sections 406, 407, 420, 120-B read with Section 34 of IPC and Sections 4 & 5 of the Prize Chits and Money Circulation (Banning) Act, 1978 and Sections 6 & 10 of the Chhattisgarh Protection of Depositors Interest Act, 2005.

The prosecution story, in brief, is that the applicants in connivance with other accused persons of PACL company, who are directors and agents of the said company, lured the persons of getting the amount doubled, thereby got deposited the huge amount, but no amount was paid to them, thereafter a case was registered against the accused persons and they were arrested.

Learned counsel for the applicants submits that the applicants are innocent and have been falsely implicated in the crime in question. He further submits that the co-accused Sikender Singh Dhillon has already been granted regular bail by the Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 07.11.2023 in MCRC No.6760/2023, the co-accused Joginder Tyger has been granted bail in different-different crime numbers including the present crime number by this Court vide order dated 01.11.2022 in 3 MCRC No.7698/2022 and other connected matters. Subsequently, the co-accused Subrat Bhattacharya and Gurmeet have also been released on regular bail by the Coordinate Bench of this Court vide order dated 07.03.2025 in MCRC No.1914/2025. The applicants are 05.03.2025 in jail since

05.08.2024 and trial may take some time in its conclusion. Therefore, the applicants may also be released on bail.

On the other hand, learned State counsel opposes the bail application of the applicants.

I have heard learned counsel for the parties and perused the case-diary.

Taking into consideration the facts and circumstances of the case, nature of allegation and further considering the fact that the co-accused persons have already been granted regular bail by this Court and the Coordinate Bench of this Court and the trial is likely to take some time in its conclusion, this Court is of the view that it is a fit case to release the applicants on bail.

Accordingly, the bail application allowed. The applicants/accused are directed to be released on bail on each of them executing a personal bond for a sum of Rs.1 Lakh with one local surety of the like amount to the satisfaction of the Trial Court on the following conditions that :-

a. They shall appear before the trial court regularly on each and every date unless exempted from appearance. 4 b. They shall not make any attempt to tamper with the prosecution witnesses. c. They shall not misuse the liberty granted by this Court in any condition whatsoever, failing which the bail granted to them shall stand cancelled.

Sd/- (Rajani Dubey) Judge Nirala