P&H: Grants Bail in Rs. 50 Lakh cheating Case, Cites Delay in Trial and Clean Antecedents.
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has granted regular bail to Shiv Kumar alias Deepu in a case involving alleged defalcation of about Rs. 50 lakh. The Court noted that the petitioner had already spent over four months in custody, the investigation was complete, and the challan had been filed.
The petition was filed under Section 483 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023, seeking bail in an FIR registered at Taraori police station in Karnal under provisions of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita. The petitioner argued that he had been falsely implicated and that the dispute arose out of an...