BAKSHI RAM Vs. STATE OF PUNJAB

JUDGEMENT

(1.) The petitioner apprehending arrest in the FIR captioned above, on the allegations of cheating, has come up before this Court under Sec. 438 Cr.P.C seeking anticipatory bail.

(2.) In paragraph 11 of the bail petition, the accused declares that he has no criminal antecedents.

(3.) Petitioner's counsel argued that the custodial investigation would serve no purpose whatsoever, and the pre-trial incarceration would cause an irreversible injustice to the petitioner and family.