DEEPAK SIBAL,J. - (1.) The present petition has been filed under Section 438 Cr.P.C. for the grant of anticipatory bail in FIR No. 0149 dated 11.10.2020 under Sections 420, 506, 120-B IPC registered at Police Station Arniwala, district Fazilka.
(2.) Briefly stated, the case of the prosecution is that in the year 2017 the petitioner and the complainant met in the election office of a political leader; the petitioner projected to the complainant that he had close links with senior political leaders/authorities; thereafter, when the complainant's mother was unwell, the petitioner used his authority to get her treatment from PGIMER, Chandigarh; after the complainant's mother had recovered, the petitioner told the complainant that he could procure mining licences for the complainant; taken in by the promises made by the petitioner, for procurement of mining licences, the complainant and his associate Sanjeev Kumar paid to the petitioner a total amount of Rs. 25.25 lakhs, the details of which are given below:- Sr. No. Amount in rupees Details/Mode of payment 1. 7,00,000/- Paid to the petitioner in cash in June, 2018 by the complainant and said Sanjeev Kumar. 2. 1,25,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 30.06.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. 3. 30,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 10.09.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. 4. 3,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 18.09.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. 5. 30,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 04.12.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. 6. 1,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 17.12.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. 7. 25,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 27.12.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. 8. 80,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 01.08.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 9. 3,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 20.09.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 10. 1,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 13.11.2018 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 11. 40,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 16.09.2019 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 12. 25,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 10.01.2019 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 13. 20,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 28.02.2019 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 14. 50,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 21.09.2019 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 15. 1,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 21.09.2019 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 16. 50,000/- Transferred to the bank account of Ishad Ibrahim (friend of the petitioner) with J and K Bank on 18.10.2019 from the account of the complainant Lakhvir Singh. ' 17. 5,00,000/- Paid to the petitioner in cash on 10.05.2020 against cheque which was dishonoured on being presented in the bank. ' 18. 1,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 20.09.2018 from the account of the said Sanjeev Kumar. 19. 1,00,000/- Transferred to the bank account No. 10262010006660 of the petitioner with Oriental Bank of Commerce on 04.01.2019 from the account of the said Sanjeev Kumar.
(3.) It is further the case of the prosecution that the petitioner also obtained from the complainant two blank signed stamp papers on the pretext that the same were required to be submitted for the procurement of the mining licences; no mining licences were procured by the petitioner and when the complainant sought return of his money, the petitioner threatened to use the aforesaid blank signed stamp papers to lodge cases of forgery against the complainant.;