Order
01/04/2026
1. The instant anticipatory bail application has been filed under
Section 482 of the Bhartiya Nagrik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023
(B.N.S.S.) by the petitioners apprehending their arrest in
connection with FIR No.132/2021, Police Station Siwana,
District Balotra for the offences under Sections 420, 467, 468,
471, 447 and 120-B of IPC, 1860.
2. Learned counsel for the petitioners submits that the
petitioners are the Ward Members of Gram Panchayat, Mokalsar
and that only the signatures and thumb impression of the Ward
members were affixed on the lease deed and they are not
beneficiaries of the same in any manner. He further submits that
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they have not been named in the FIR and there are no specific
allegations of forgery against them. He further submits that
petitioner No.1-Dhepidevi and No.2-Hemlata are ladies aged 79
and 65 years old, respectively, and petitioner No.3-Gomaram, is
also aged about 75 years old, and that they have already joined
the investigation as per the directions given by this Court,
therefore, no useful purpose would be served by sending the
petitioners behind bars or for custodial interrogation; he therefore,
prays that the petitioners may kindly be released on anticipatory
bail.
