Bal Krishan vs State Of Himachal Pradesh on 5 August, 2026

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    Himachal Pradesh High Court

    Bal Krishan vs State Of Himachal Pradesh on 5 August, 2026

    Author: Sandeep Sharma

    Bench: Sandeep Sharma

                 IN THE HIGH COURT OF HIMACHAL PRADESH, SHIMLA.
                                          Cr.MP(M) No. 1357 of 2026
    
    
    
    
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                                             Decided on: 05.08.2026
    
    
    
    
    
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        Bal Krishan                                ...........Petitioner
    
                                                       Versus
    
    
    
    
    
        State of Himachal Pradesh
                                                    ....Respondent
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        Coram:
    
    
    
    
                                                         of
        Hon'ble Mr. Justice Sandeep Sharma, Judge.
        Whether approved for reporting? 1
    
        For the Petitioner    rt                :     Mr. Ranbir Rathore & Mr. Tarun K.
                                                      Sharma, Advocates.
    
        For the Respondent                      :     Mr. Rajan Kahol & Mr. Vishal
    
                                                      Panwar,    Additional   Advocates
                                                      General with Mr. Ravi Chauhan &
                                                      Mr.   Anish    Banshtu,    Deputy
                                                      Advocates General.
    
    
                                      SI Inderjeet, PS Sadar, District
                                      Hamirpur, HP, present in person
                                      along with record.
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        Sandeep Sharma, Judge (oral):
    

    Bail petitioner Bal Krishan, who is behind bars since

    02.06.2025, has approached this Court by way of present petition filed

    SPONSORED

    under Section 483 of Bharatiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, for grant of

    regular bail in case FIR No.0052 of 2023, dated 15.03.2023, registered

    at Police Station Sadar, District Hamirpur, Himachal Pradesh, under

    Sections 21 and 29 of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances

    Act (in short “ND & PS Act”).

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    Whether the reporters of the local papers may be allowed to see the judgment?

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    2. Pursuant to order dated 23.07.2026, respondent-State

    has filed status report and SI Inderjeet has come present with record.

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    Record perused and returned.

    3. Close security of record/status report reveals that on

    15.03.2023, police patrolling party, which was on checking duty at

    Tauni Devi Bazaar, at about 7:30 PM, received secret information from

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    reliable source that one Prince, was transporting heroin, i.e., chitta, in a

    taxi bearing registration number HP-01H-2399 along with his

    associates and was enroute from Hamirpur towards Tauni Devi. After
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    the receipt of the aforesaid information, police constituted a raiding

    team and laid a naka near the reported location. At about 10:00 PM,

    the suspected taxi bearing registration number HP-01H-2399 was

    intercepted. The occupants of the vehicle disclosed their names as

    Prince (driver), Sunil Kumar @ Guglu, Anil Kumar @ Anku, and Rajesh

    Kumar @ Sonu. Allegedly, police, after having associated independent

    witnesses, recovered 7.45 grams of chitta from the dashboard of the

    vehicle. Since no plausible explanation ever came to be rendered on

    record qua possession of the aforesaid contraband, police, after having

    completed necessary codal formalities, lodged an FIR and arrested the

    occupants. However, the accused, from whose conscious possession

    contraband was recovered, stand enlarged on bail. Co-accused, from

    whose conscious possession contraband was recovered, allegedly

    disclosed to the police that they were provided money by Balkrishan,

    i.e. petitioner herein, for purchasing chitta from Ambala. In the

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    aforesaid background, petitioner also came to be named in the FIR,

    and he is behind bars since 02.06.2025.

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    4. Since challan stands filed in the competent Court of law

    and nothing remains to be recovered from the bail-petitioner, petitioner

    has approached this Court in the instant proceedings for grant of

    regular bail.

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    5. Mr. Vishal Panwar, learned Additional Advocate General,

    while fairly admitting factum with regard to filing of the challan in the

    competent court of law, states that though nothing remains to be
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    recovered from the bail-petitioner, but keeping in view the gravity of

    offence alleged to have been committed by him, he does not deserve

    any leniency. Mr. Panwar, states that there is overwhelming evidence

    adduced on record suggestive of the fact that bail-petitioner is a drug

    peddler, who is selling the contraband in various parts of the State of

    HP. To substantiate his aforesaid submission, he invited attention of

    this Court to the status report filed by the police to state that in the past,

    five cases under ND & PS Act stand registered against the petitioner,

    and as such, in the event of his being enlarged on bail, he may not only

    flee from justice but may again indulge in these activities.

    6. Having heard learned counsel for the parties and perused

    the material available on record, this Court finds that contraband never

    came to be recovered from the conscious possession of the petitioner,

    rather, the same was recovered from the conscious possession of co-

    accused, namely Prince, Sunil Kumar, Anil Kumar, and Rajesh Kumar,

    who allegedly disclosed that money was given to them by the present

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    bail petitioner for buying chitta from Ambala. On the basis of the

    aforesaid disclosure statement made by the co-accused, petitioner also

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    came to be named in the FIR. Though the co-accused, from whose

    conscious possession contraband was recovered, stand enlarged on

    bail, but the petitioner is still behind bars on the ground that in the past,

    five cases stand registered against him.

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    7. Question, which needs to be determined in the case at

    hand, is that “whether the petitioner could have been arrested

    solely on the basis of a disclosure statement, if any, made by a
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    co-accused under Section 67 of the NDPS Act?”

    8. Hon’ble Apex Court in case Tofan Singh v. State of

    Tamil Nadu (2021) 4 SCC 1, has categorically held that

    disclosure statement, if any, made under Section 67 of the ND &

    PS Act, is inadmissible and same cannot be used as confessional

    statement in the trial of an offence under Section 67 of the Act.

    Relevant para of the aforesaid judgment reads as under:

    “155.Thus, to arrive at the conclusion that a confessional

    statement made before an officer designated under section 42
    or section 53 can be the basis to convict a person under the
    NDPS Act, without any non obstante clause doing away with
    section 25 of the Evidence Act, and without any safeguards,
    would be a direct infringement of the constitutional guarantees
    contained in Articles 14, 20(3) and 21 of the Constitution of
    India.

    156.The judgment in Kanhaiyalal (supra) then goes on to follow
    Raj Kumar Karwal (supra) in paragraphs 44 and 45. For the
    reasons stated by us hereinabove, both these judgments do
    not state the law correctly, and are thus overruled by us. Other

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    judgments that expressly refer to and rely upon these
    judgments, or upon the principles laid down by these
    judgments, also stand overruled for the reasons given by us.

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    157.On the other hand, for the reasons given by us in this
    judgment, the judgments of Noor Aga (supra) and Nirmal are

    correct in law.

    158.We answer the reference by stating:

    (i) That the officers who are invested with powers under

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    section 53 of the NDPS Act are “police officers” within the
    meaning of section 25 of the Evidence Act, as a result of
    which any confessional statement made to them would
    be barred under the provisions of section 25 of the
    rt Evidence Act, and cannot be taken into account in order
    to convict an accused under the NDPS Act.

    (ii) That a statement recorded under section 67 of the

    NDPS Act cannot be used as a confessional statement in
    the trial of an offence under the NDPS Act.”

    9. By now, it is well settled that speedy trial is fundamental

    right of the accused and one cannot be made to suffer indefinitely for

    delay in trial and as such, this Court sees no reason to keep the bail

    petitioner behind the bars for indefinite period during trial. Hon’ble Apex

    Court in case titled Umarmia Alias Mamumia v. State of Gujarat,

    (2017) 2 SCC 731, has held delay in criminal trial to be in violation of

    right guaranteed to an accused under Article 21 of the Constitution of

    India. Relevant para of the afore judgment reads as under:-

    “11. This Court has consistently recognized the right of the accused
    for a speedy trial. Delay in criminal trial has been held to be in
    violation of the right guaranteed to an accused under Article 21 of the
    Constitution of India. (See: Supreme Court Legal Aid Committee v.
    Union of India
    , (1994) 6 SCC 731; Shaheen Welfare Assn. v. Union
    of India
    , (1996) 2 SCC 616) Accused, even in cases under TADA,
    have been released on bail on the ground that they have been in jail
    for a long period of time and there was no likelihood of the completion
    of the trial at the earliest.
    (See: Paramjit Singh v. State (NCT of

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    Delhi), (1999) 9 SCC 252 and Babba v. State of Maharashtra, (2005)
    11 SCC 569).

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    10. The Hon’ble Apex Court in case titled Javed Gulam Nabi

    Shaikh Vs. State of Maharashtra and Another, passed in Criminal

    Appeal No.2787 of 2024, decided on 03.07.2024, having taken note of

    its various judgments passed in the past, proceeded to conclude that if

    the State or any prosecuting agency including the court concerned has

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    no wherewithal to provide or protect the fundamental right of an

    accused to have a speedy trial as enshrined under Article 21 of the
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    Constitution, then the State or any other prosecuting agency should not

    oppose the plea for bail on the ground that the crime committed is

    serious. Most importantly, in the afore judgment, Hon’ble Apex Court

    has held that Article 21 of the Constitution applies irrespective of the

    nature of the crime. Relevant paras of the afore judgment read as

    under:

    “15. The requirement of law as being envisaged under Section 19

    of the National Investigation Agency Act, 2008 (hereinafter being
    referred to as “the 2008 Act”) mandates that the trial under the Act of
    any offence by a Special Court shall be held on day-to-day basis on

    all working days and have precedence over the trial of any other
    case and Special Courts are to be designated for such an offence by
    the Central Government in consultation with the Chief Justice of the
    High Court as contemplated under Section 11 of the 2008.

    16. A three-Judge Bench of this Court in Union of India v. K.A.
    Najeeb
    reported in (2021) 3 SCC 713] had an occasion to consider
    the long incarceration and at the same time the effect of Section 43-
    D(5) of the UAP Act and observed as under : (SCC p. 722, para 17)

    “17. It is thus clear to us that the presence of statutory
    restrictions like Section 43-D(5) of the UAPA per se does not

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    oust the ability of the constitutional courts to grant bail on
    grounds of violation of Part III of the Constitution. Indeed,both
    the restrictions under a statute as well as the powers

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    exercisable under constitutional jurisdiction can be well

    harmonised. Whereas at commencement of proceedings,the
    courts are expected to appreciate the legislative policy against
    grant of bail but the rigours of such provisions will melt down

    where there is no likelihood of trial being completed within a
    reasonable time and the period of incarceration already
    undergone has exceeded a substantial part of the prescribed

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    sentence. Such an approach would safe-guard against the
    possibility of provisions like Section 43-D(5) of the UAPA being
    used as the sole metric for denial of bail or for wholesale
    breach of constitutional right to speedy trial.”

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    17. In the recent decision, Satender Kumar Antil v. Central

    Bureau of Investigation reported in (2022) 10 SCC 51, prolonged
    incarceration and inordinate delay engaged the attention of the court,
    which considered the correct approach towards bail, with respect to
    several enactments, including Section 37 NDPS Act. The court

    expressed the opinion that Section 436A (which requires inter alia the
    accused to be enlarged on bail if the trial is not concluded within
    specified periods) of the Criminal Procedure Code, 1973 would apply:

    “We do not wish to deal with individual enactments as each

    special Act has got an objective behind it, followed by the
    rigour imposed. The general principle governing delay would
    apply to these categories also. To make it clear, the provision

    contained in Section 436-A of the Code would apply to the
    Special Acts also in the absence of any specific provision. For
    example, the rigour as provided under Section 37 of the NDPS
    Act would not come in the way in such a case as we are
    dealing with the liberty of a person. We do feel that more the
    rigour, the quicker the adjudication ought to be. After all, in
    these types of cases number of witnesses would be very less
    and there may not be any justification for prolonging the trial.
    Perhaps there is a need to comply with the directions of this
    Court to expedite the process and also a stricter compliance of
    Section 309 of the Code.”

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    18. Criminals are not born out but made. The human potential in
    everyone is good and so, never write off any criminal as beyond
    redemption. This humanist fundamental is often missed when dealing

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    with delinquents,juvenile and adult. Indeed, every saint has a past

    and every sinner a future. When a crime is committed, a variety of
    factors is responsible for making the offender commit the crime.
    Those factors may be social and economic, maybe, the result of

    value erosion or parental neglect; may be, because of the stress of
    circumstances, or the manifestation of temptations in a milieu of
    affluence contrasted with indigence or other privations.

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    19. If the State or any prosecuting agency including the court
    concerned has no wherewithal to provide or protect the fundamental
    right of an accused to have a speedy trial as enshrined under Article
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    21 of the Constitution then the State or any other prosecuting agency
    should not oppose the plea for bail on the ground that the crime

    committed is serious. Article 21 of the Constitution applies
    irrespective of the nature of the crime.

    20. We may hasten to add that the petitioner is still an accused; not a

    convict. The over-arching postulate of criminal jurisprudence that an
    accused is presumed to be innocent until proven guilty cannot be
    brushed aside lightly, howsoever stringent the penal law may be.

    21. We are convinced that the manner in which the prosecuting
    agency as well as the Court have proceeded, the right of the accused
    to have a speedy trial could be said to have been infringed thereby

    violating Article 21 of the Constitution.”

    11. Hon’ble Apex Court in Manish Sisodia v. Enforcement

    Directorate, 2024 SCC OnLine SC 1920, while placing reliance upon

    its earlier judgments rendered in number of cases, especially Javed

    Gulam Nabi Shaikh (supra), again reiterated that right to speedy trial

    is a fundamental right of an accused and infraction thereof amounts to

    violation of Article 21 of the Constitution of India. Relevant paras of the

    judgment passed in Manish Sisodia case read as under:

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    “50. As observed by this Court, the right to speedy trial and the
    right to liberty are sacrosanct rights. On denial of these rights,
    the trial court as well as the High Court ought to have given

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    due weightage to this factor.

    51. Recently, this Court had an occasion to consider an
    application for bail in the case of Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh v.

    State of Maharashtra wherein the accused was prosecuted
    under the provisions of the Unlawful Activities (Prevention) Act,
    1967
    . This Court surveyed the entire law right from the

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    judgment of this Court in the cases of Gudikanti Narasimhulu v.
    Public Prosecutor, High
    Court of Andhra Pradesh, Shri
    Gurbaksh Singh Sibbia v. State of Punjab
    , Hussainara Khatoon
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    (I) v. Home Secretary, State of Bihar, Union of India v. K.A.
    Najeeb
    and Satender Kumar Antil v. Central Bureau of

    Investigation. The Court observed thus:

    “19. If the State or any prosecuting agency including the
    court concerned has no wherewithal to provide or protect

    the fundamental right of an accused to have a speedy
    trial as enshrined under Article 21 of the Constitution then
    the State or any other prosecuting agency should not

    oppose the plea for bail on the ground that the crime
    committed is serious. Article 21 of the Constitution

    applies irrespective of the nature of the crime.”

    52. The Court also reproduced the observations made in

    Gudikanti Narasimhulu (supra), which read thus:

    “10. In the aforesaid context, we may remind the trial
    courts and the High Courts of what came to be observed
    by this Court in Gudikanti Narasimhulu v. Public
    Prosecutor, High
    Court reported in (1978) 1 SCC 240.
    We quote:

    “What is often forgotten, and therefore warrants
    reminder, is the object to keep a person in judicial
    custody pending trial or disposal of an appeal. Lord
    Russel, C.J., said [R v. Rose, (1898) 18 Cox]:
    “I observe that in this case bail was refused for the
    prisoner. It cannot be too strongly impressed on the,

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    magistracy of the country that bail is not to be withheld as
    a punishment, but that the requirements as to bail are
    merely to secure the attendance of the prisoner at trial.”

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    53. The Court further observed that, over a period of time, the
    trial courts and the High Courts have forgotten a very well-

    settled principle of law that bail is not to be withheld as a
    punishment. From our experience, we can say that it appears
    that the trial courts and the High Courts attempt to play safe in

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    matters of grant of bail. The principle that bail is a rule and
    refusal is an exception is, at times, followed in breach. On
    account of non-grant of bail even in straight forward open and
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    shut cases, this Court is flooded with huge number of bail
    petitions thereby adding to the huge pendency. It is high time

    that the trial courts and the High Courts should recognize the
    principle that “bail is rule and jail is exception”.

    54. In the present case, in the ED matter as well as the CBI
    matter, 493 witnesses have been named. The case involves

    thousands of pages of documents and over a lakh pages of
    digitized documents. It is thus clear that there is not even the

    remotest possibility of the trial being concluded in the near
    future. In our view, keeping the appellant behind the bars for an

    unlimited period of time in the hope of speedy completion of
    trial would deprive his fundamental right to liberty under Article
    21
    of the Constitution. As observed time and again, the

    prolonged incarceration before being pronounced guilty of an
    offence should not be permitted to become punishment without
    trial.”

    12. Reliance is also placed upon judgment passed by the

    Hon’ble Apex Court in Jalaluddin Khan v. Union of India, 2024 SCC

    OnLine SC 1945, wherein Hon’ble Apex Court while dealing with a

    case registered under Sections 13, 18, 18A, and 20 of Unlawful

    Activities (Prevention) Act, 1967, enlarged the accused on bail on the

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    ground of inordinate delay in conclusion of trial. Relevant para of the

    afore judgment is reproduced herein below:

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    “21. Before we part with the Judgment, we must mention here

    that the Special Court and the High Court did not consider the
    material in the charge sheet objectively. Perhaps the focus was

    more on the activities of PFI, and therefore, the appellant’s
    case could not be properly appreciated. When a case is made
    out for a grant of bail, the Courts should not have any

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    hesitation in granting bail. The allegations of the prosecution
    may be very serious. But, the duty of the Courts is to consider
    the case for grant of bail in accordance with the law. “Bail is the
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    rule and jail is an exception” is a settled law. Even in a case
    like the present case where there are stringent conditions for
    the grant of bail in the relevant statutes, the same rule holds

    good with only modification that the bail can be granted if the
    conditions in the statute are satisfied. The rule also means that
    once a case is made out for the grant of bail, the Court cannot

    decline to grant bail. If the Courts start denying bail in
    deserving cases, it will be a violation of the rights guaranteed
    under Article 21 of our Constitution.”

    13. Reliance is also placed upon latest judgment dated

    28.8.2024, passed in Prem Prakash v. Union of India through The

    Directorate of Enforcement, (Petition for Special Leave to Appeal

    (Crl.) No. 5416 of 2024), wherein having taken note of the inordinate

    delay in conclusion of trial, Hon’ble Apex Court proceeded to enlarge

    the accused on bail. Relevant para of the aforesaid judgment reads as

    under:

    “12. Independently and as has been emphatically reiterated in
    Manish Sisodia (II) (supra) relying on Ramkripal Meena Vs
    Directorate of Enforcement (SLP (Crl.)
    No. 3205 of 2024
    dated 30.07.2024) and Javed Gulam Nabi Shaikh Vs. State

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    of Maharashtra and Another, 2024 SCC online 1693, where
    the accused has already been in custody for a considerable
    number of months and there being no likelihood of conclusion

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    of trial within a short span, the rigours of Section 45 of PMLA

    can be suitably relaxed to afford conditional liberty. Further,
    Manish Sisodia (II
    ) (supra) reiterated the holding in Javed

    Gulam Nabi Sheikh (Supra), that keeping persons behind the
    bars for unlimited periods of time in the hope of speedy
    completion of trial would deprive the fundamental right of

    of
    persons under Article 21 of the Constitution of India and that
    prolonged incarceration before being pronounced guilty ought
    not to be permitted to become the punishment without trial. In
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    fact, Manish Sisodia (II) (Supra) reiterated the holding in
    Manish Sisodia (I) Vs. Directorate of Enforcement

    (judgment dated 30.10.2023 in Criminal Appeal No. 3352 of
    2023) where it was held as under:-

    “28. Detention or jail before being pronounced guilty of

    an offence should not become punishment without trial. If
    the trial gets protracted despite assurances of the
    prosecution, and it is clear that case will not be decided

    within a foreseeable time, the prayer for bail may be

    meritorious. While the prosecution may pertain to an
    economic offence, yet it may not be proper to equate
    these cases with those punishable with death,

    imprisonment for life, ten years or more like offences
    under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances
    Act, 1985
    , murder, cases of rape, dacoity, kidnaping for
    ransom, mass violence, etc. Neither is this a case where
    100/1000s of depositors have been defrauded. The
    allegations have to be established and proven. The right
    to bail in cases of delay, coupled with incarceration for a
    long period, depending on the nature of the allegations,
    should be read into Section 439 of the Code and Section
    45
    of the PML Act. The reason is that the constitutional
    mandate is the higher law, and it is the basic right of the

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    person charged of an offence and not convicted, that he
    be ensured and given a speedy trial. When the trial is not
    proceeding for reasons not attributable to the accused,

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    the court, unless there are good reasons, may well be

    guided to exercise the power to grant bail. This would be
    truer where the trial would take years.”

    It is in this background that Section 45 of PMLA needs to be
    understood and applied. Article 21 being a higher constitutional
    right, statutory provisions should align themselves to the said

    of
    higher constitutional edict.”

    14. In the aforesaid judgment, Hon’ble Apex Court having
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    taken note of all judgments passed in recent times, categorically held

    that bail is rule and jail is an exception. If all the judgments taken note

    herein above are read in conjunction, Hon’ble Apex Court has

    categorically held that court while considering prayer for grant of bail

    may not be impressed with the arguments advanced by the

    prosecution that charge against the person seeking bail is serious, but

    in case, Court finds that on account of inordinate delay in conclusion of

    trial, fundamental right of speedy trial is being violated, it should

    proceed to grant bail.

    15. Needless to say, object of the bail is to secure the

    attendance of the accused in the trial and the proper test to be applied

    in the solution of the question whether bail should be granted or

    refused is whether it is probable that the party will appear to take his

    trial. Otherwise, bail is not to be withheld as a punishment. Otherwise

    also, normal rule is of bail and not jail. Court has to keep in mind nature

    of accusations, nature of evidence in support thereof, severity of the

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    punishment which conviction will entail, character of the accused,

    circumstances which are peculiar to the accused involved in that crime.

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    16. Hon’ble Apex Court in Criminal Appeal No. 227/2018,

    Dataram Singh vs. State of Uttar Pradesh & Anr decided on

    6.2.2018 has held that freedom of an individual cannot be curtailed for

    indefinite period, especially when his/her guilt is yet to be proved. It has

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    been further held by the Hon’ble Apex Court in the aforesaid judgment

    that a person is believed to be innocent until found guilty.

    17. In Manoranjana Sinh alias Gupta versus CBI, (2017) 5
    rt
    SCC 218, Hon’ble Apex Court has held that the object of the bail is to

    secure the attendance of the accused in the trial and the proper test to

    be applied in the solution of the question whether bail should be

    granted or refused is whether it is probable that the party will appear to

    take his trial. Otherwise also, normal rule is of bail and not jail. Apart

    from above, Court has to keep in mind nature of accusations, nature of

    evidence in support thereof, severity of the punishment, which

    conviction will entail, character of the accused, circumstances which

    are peculiar to the accused involved in that crime.

    18. The Apex Court in Prasanta Kumar Sarkar versus

    Ashis Chatterjee and another (2010) 14 SCC 496, has laid down

    various principles to be kept in mind, while deciding petition for bail viz.

    prima facie case, nature and gravity of accusation, punishment

    involved, apprehension of repetition of offence and witnesses being

    influenced.

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    19. In view of the aforesaid discussion as well as law laid

    down by the Hon’ble Apex Court, bail-petitioner has carved out a case

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    for grant of bail, accordingly, the petition is allowed and the bail-

    petitioner is ordered to be enlarged on bail in aforesaid FIR, subject to

    his furnishing personal bond in the sum of Rs.5,00,000/- with two local

    sureties in the like amount to the satisfaction of concerned Chief

    of
    Judicial Magistrate/trial Court, with following conditions:

    a. He shall make himself available for the purpose
    of interrogation, if so required and regularly attend
    the trial Court on each and every date of hearing
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    and if prevented by any reason to do so, seek
    exemption from appearance by filing appropriate
    application;

    b. He shall not tamper with the prosecution
    evidence nor hamper the investigation of the case
    in any manner whatsoever;

    c. He shall not make any inducement, threat or

    promises to any person acquainted with the facts
    of the case so as to dissuade him/her from
    disclosing such facts to the Court or the Police
    Officer; and

    d. He shall not leave the territory of India without
    the prior permission of the Court.

    e. He shall surrender his passport, if any, before
    the investigating agency.

    20. It is clarified that if the petitioner misuses the liberty or

    violates any of the conditions imposed upon him, the investigating

    agency shall be free to move this Court for cancellation of the bail.

    21. Any observations made hereinabove shall not be

    construed to be a reflection on the merits of the case and shall remain

    confined to the disposal of this application alone. The petition stands

    accordingly disposed of.

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    22. A downloaded copy of this order shall be accepted by the

    learned trial Court, while accepting the bail bonds from the petitioner

    .

    and in case, said court intends to ascertain the veracity of the

    downloaded copy of order presented to it, same may be ascertained

    from the official website of this Court.

    (Sandeep Sharma)

    of
    Judge
    August 05, 2026
    (sunil)

    rt

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