S.B.CR. MISC. BAIL APPLICATION NO.7733/2008 ASHOK SHARMA VS. STATE OF RAJ. 22.10.2008 HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE MAHESH BHAGWATI Mr. Dhiraj Tripathi, for the petitioner. Mr. Jinendra Jain, Public Prosecutor for the State. This order governs the disposal of bail application filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. by Shri Dhiraj Tripathi, Advocate on behalf of the applicant Ashok Sharma pertaining to F.I.R. No.206/2008 of Police Station Kotwali Distt. Jaipur in the offences under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 and 120-B of IPC. Heard the learned counsel for the petitioner as also the learned Public Prosecutor for the State and perused the material on record. The learned counsel for the petitioner has contended that he is an innocent person and in no way connected with the commission of the offence of the instant case. Neither, he forged any document nor he obtained any money from Ranjanpal. The petitioner has been in custody for quite some time, hence, he may be released on bail. The learned Public Prosecutor has opposed the bail petition on the ground that there is a gang of land grabbers in the city of which the petitioner is a member whose main profession is to forge the document with regard to properties, cheat the innocent persons in a planned way and induce them to deliver the property in lieu of fake documents of the land. -2- The petitioner showed a fake power of attorney and induced the complainant Ranjanpal to give Rs.7,01,000/-(seven lac one thousand) in lieu of a plot sold to him in total sum of Rs.21,23,341/- (Twenty one lac, twenty three thousand and three hundred forty one). The rest of the amount was agreed to be paid at the time of execution of sale-deed. The petitioner is alleged to have committed a very grave offence, as such his bail petition should be dismissed. Having considered the submissions advanced by both the parties and scanned the material on record, it is noticed that a spate of illegal sale of land under the garb of forged documents has alarmingly increased in the city during last 2-3 years, posing a serious threat to the innocent citizens who are induced to part with their hard earned money in lieu of nothing. Unless nipped in the bud at the earliest, such land grabbers and cheats are likely to cause turbulence as also mayhem in the society. I, at this stage, without expressing any opinion on the merits of the case but keeping in view the facts and circumstances and the gravity of the offence, do not feel inclined to grant bail to the accused petitioner. In the result, the bail petition filed under Section 439 of Cr.P.C. on behalf of the accused petitioner Ashok Sharma stands dismissed. (MAHESH BHAGWATI)J. PCG