The High Court declined to grant anticipatory bail to an accused person for offences related to irregularities in fair price shops and diversion of essential commodities. The petition was dismissed on the facts and circumstances of the case.
Petition for anticipatory bail under Section 438 CrPC was dismissed.
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HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO
CRIMINAL PETITION No.10735 of 2015
ORDER:
This petition is filed by the petitioner – Accused No.2 under Section 438 of the Criminal Procedure Code seeking to grant anticipatory bail to him in Crime No.124 of 2015 on the file of Inaguduru Police Station, Krishna District, registered for the offence punishable under Sections 420 r/w 34 IPC and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act.
Heard and perused the material available on record.
It is alleged that A1 in the above crime is the authorized dealer of the fair price shop, which was inspected by the officials, and incharge of two other shops, he is not maintaining the Fair Price shops and the petitioner herein, who is looking after the said fair price shops, committed irregularities by inserting his Aadhar number in place of multiple cards to draw the commodities for diversion into black market. The petitioner is also alleged to have committed grave irregularity in distribution of essential commodities to card holders denying the supply of the same to genuine card holders.
Considering the facts and circumstances of the case and the nature of the allegations, this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail to the petitioner at this stage.
Accordingly, the Criminal Petition is dismissed.
RAJA ELANGO, J
27th October 2015
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HONOURABLE SRI JUSTICE RAJA ELANGO
CRIMINAL PETITION No. 10735 of 2015
27.10.2015
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the petitioner in respect of the present charges under sections 420 r/w 34 IPC and 7 of the Essential Commodities Act.
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Accused No.2
Undisclosed Respondent(s)
Raja Elango
As recorded by the court registry
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