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TMI Blog2023 (8) TMI 341X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... itional P.P. U.T., Chandigarh. ARUN MONGA, J. (ORAL) After being declined bail by the trial Court, petitioner before this Court seeks his release as undertrial in case bearing FIR No. 386 dated 13.12.2019, registered under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 120-B of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short 'IPC') (Section 201 IPC added later on), at Police Station Sector-17, Chandigarh. 2. Per prosec ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... etitioner has been falsely implicated in this case after three years of the FIR. He also submits that petitioner was not even named in the FIR. Nothing is to be recovered from the petitioner and no useful purpose would be served by keeping him behind bars. Only bald allegations have been leveled against the petitioner, and no document or evidence is there on record to substantively attribute any r ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... uired for any further custodial interrogation. Allegations against petitioner are a matter of trial at this stage. Conclusion of trial is still likely to take long time as it is proceeding at a snail pace. Bail allows an accused to maintain his freedom until his guilt or innocence is determined. Whereas, petitioner has already been languishing in jail for the past more than 7 months in preventive ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X ..... n having responsibilities, clean antecedents and fixed abode, it is unlikely that he poses any flight risk and/or will flee from the trial proceedings. 10. Co-accused of the petitioner has already been granted bail by this Court. 11. Considering the overall scenario and without commenting on the merits of the case, the instant petition is allowed. I am of the view that no useful purpose would be ..... X X X X Extracts X X X X X X X X Extracts X X X X
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