P&H: Grants Anticipatory Bail to Clerk in Forgery-Related FIR, Cites Documentary Nature of Case
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted anticipatory bail to a government clerk booked in a case involving alleged irregular issuance of NOCs and misuse of records, observing that the allegations were mainly documentary in nature and did not call for custodial interrogation.
Justice Sandeep Moudgil was hearing the plea filed by Abhinav Takshak under Section 482 of the BNSS, in connection with an FIR registered at City Narnaul police station under various provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, including sections corresponding to conspiracy, forgery, and cheating under the IPC.
The petitioner told the court that he was only...
