SUMER SINGH Vs. STATE OF RAJASTHAN

JUDGEMENT

(1.) This is second bail application filed by the accused-petitioner under Section 439 Cr.P.C. in connection with FIR No.253/2018 registered at Police Station Buhana, District Jhunjhunu for the offences under Section 420, 406, 467, 468 and 471 of IPC.

(2.) Counsel for the petitioner stated that the charge-sheet has been filed and no purpose would be served in keeping the petitioner in jail as trial is going to take some time. Learned counsel for the petitioner has relied on the judgment of Supreme Court in Sanjay Chandra vs. Central Bureau of Investigation reported in AIR 2012 Supreme Court 830 to submit that the object of bail is neither punitive nor preventative. Relevant para 14 of the aforesaid judgment reads as under:

(3.) Learned counsel submits that grant of bail is Rule and Jail is exception. Learned counsel submits that the petitioner is alleged to have falsely obtained a sum of Rs.3,90,000/- from the complainant upon assurance to get him appointed in the Border Roads Organisation. In the charge-sheet filed by the investigating officer no documentary evidence has been placed on record to prove that any amount was paid by the complainant to the petitioner.