Khushi Doshi
Published on: March 11, 2022 at 12:52 IST
The Allahabad High Court recently Granted Bail in the Coal Linkage Case. Ramji Singh’s Bail application was granted by Allahabad High Court Justice Krishan Pahal in Lucknow.
An Application for Expansion of Bail was filed on the applicant’s behalf in a Criminal Case arising out of Case Crime/R.C. No. 0062011A0006 of 2011, under Sections 120-B, 420, 467, 468, and 471 IPC and Sections 13(2) read with 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988, Police Station- CBI, ACB, Lucknow, District- Lucknow.
The Applicant’s Advocates, Sh. Purnendu Chakrabarty and Sh. Shivanshu Goswami, argued on the following points:
- Applicant is approximately 70 years old and has been falsely implicated in the current Case because he was not named in the FIR lodged by the CBI. The matter is purely Civil in nature, and the Applicant is being harassed by the agency by adding a criminal colour to it.
- It was also argued that the allegations made against the Applicant in the FIR were vague, alleging concealment of facts pertaining to the firm’s and company’s nonfunctional status, as well as providing false status reports to the Directors of Industries for subsequent transmission of NCL.
- The Applicant has not abused the interim protection granted to him by the Courts.
- There is no fear of the applicant fleeing justice or tampering with any Evidence in the possession of the C.B.I. and E.D.
- No Criminal charges have been filed against any of the NCL’s wrongdoing officials.
- Ratan Singh, the co-accused and Director of the Company M/s Jai Durga Industries Private Limited, filed a Writ Petition No.6314 of 2020 before the High Court of Delhi, and the High Court ordered that his attached property be released subject to a deposit of Rs.70,25,716.40/-, which was the alleged proceeds of the Agreement.
- Taking into account the facts and circumstances of the Case, as well as hearing the Counsel for the Parties and reading all of the Preceding Judgments,
- The High Court ordered that his attached property be released in exchange for a deposit of Rs.70,25,716.40/-, the alleged proceeds of the Agreement.
Having considered the facts and circumstances of the Case, as well as hearing Counsel for the Parties and reading all of the Judgments referred to above, the Court concluded that because the charge-sheet was filed on May 31, 2012, and the applicant has not abused the liberty granted to him by various orders, he is entitled to be enlarged on Anticipatory Bail.
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Recent judgements of Anticipatory bail
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