P&H: No recovery alone cannot justify denying anticipatory bail
The Punjab and Haryana High Court has made interim anticipatory bail absolute for a petitioner accused in a case involving an allegedly forged land demarcation report. Justice Shalini Singh Nagpal held that the benefit of anticipatory bail could not be denied merely because no recovery had been made.
The FIR alleged that the accused, in collusion with a revenue official, procured a false spot report concerning possession of land and relied on it in civil proceedings to defraud the complainant and his family. The petitioner sought anticipatory bail, while the State opposed the plea, saying he had not cooperated with...
