second pre-arrest bail application, with the first one having been rejected on 13 March 2023, before the charge sheet was filed. The present application was submitted on 11 September 2024, indicating a significant and unexplained delay since the rejection of the first application. Furthermore, the records show that the agreement was primarily between the applicant and the complainant. The complainant transferred the money directly to the applicant’s account, not through Sameer Baksh. The applicant appears to have received and benefited from the sum of Rs.50,00,000/-. Although the applicant claims to have transferred this amount to the account of Sameer Baksh, it was subsequently re-transferred to the applicant’s account, with no explanation provided for this re-transfer. It appears that the applicant is not cooperating with the investigation, and despite the rejection of the first application, filed the second application after about one and half years later and remains unavailable for investigation. Prima facie, there is sufficient material to implicate the applicant in the present crime. In these circumstances, this Court is not inclined to exercise discretion in favour of the applicant. Accordingly, the application stands rejected.
