JUDGEMENT
TEJINDER SINGH DHINDSA,J. -
(1.) Petitioner seeks benefit of regular bail
pending trial in FIR No.475 dated 12.10.2015, registered at Police
Station Badshahpur, District Gurgaon under Sections 406 and 420-B of the
Indian Penal Code (Sections 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code added
subsequently).
(2.) Briefly, it may be noticed that the FIR in question came to be registered on the complaint of Vijay Kumar Aggarwal who stated himself to
be authorised by M/s Benchmark Infotech Private Limited. It was stated
that M/s Benchmark Infotech Private Limited is a Company duly registered
and incorporated Criminal Misc. No.M-43787 of 2015 2 Criminal Misc. No.M
-43787 of 2015 2 under the Companies Act, 1956. M/s M3M India Private
Limited is a holding Company of M/s Benchmark Infotech Private Limited
and both the Companies are stated to be into real estate
development/business. The Companies are stated to have purchased various
parcels of land in and around Gurgaon. As per complainant, present
petitioner was working as Head of Revenue with M/s M3M Private Limited
and co-accused Devinder Singh was working as 'Patwari' under his
supervision and was also stated to be one of the Directors in various
group/subsidiary companies. It was stated that the present petitioner
i.e. Davinder Raghav and co-accused Devinder Singh used to actively
participate in the purchase of land on behalf of the complainant-Company
and its subsidiary/group companies. It was stated that the two
afore-noticed accused were in possession of several blank signed cheques
issued by the authorised signatory on behalf of the Company and such
cheques had been given to facilitate urgent payments to different land
owners towards purchase of land etc. and to finalise the deals.
Complainant alleged that in the beginning of the year 2014, the accused
in a calculated mood submitted resignation from the Company.
Subsequently, in the month of April 2015, various illegal acts committed
during the course of employment by the accused including the present
petitioner came to the notice of the complainant-Company. One such
illegal act is stated to be of having forged a Board resolution and on
the strength thereof having facilitated a lease-deed of a valuable piece
of land belonging to a subsidiary company in favour of Naresh Kumar i.e.
real brother-in-law of the present petitioner for a paltry sum of money.
In this regard, two FIRs bearing No.558 dated 6.5.2015 and No.628 dated
20.5.2015 were registered at Police Station City Gurgaon under Sections 420, 467, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code.
(3.) Further allegations made by the complainant are that two cheques bearing No.631342 dated 14.5.2015 and No.631343 dated 21.5.2015 signed by
the then authorised signatory Shri Tarun had been presented for
encashment by the accused and which were dishonoured for want of
"insufficient funds". Precise allegation raised in the FIR is that
co-accused Devinder Singh has misused the two blank signed cheques signed
by the authorised signatory of the Company Shri Tarun and which were in
his possession and issued the same in favour of the present petitioner
i.e. Davinder Raghav for a sum of L 10 crores and L 15 crores
respectively. Further allegation is that on the date as mentioned on
these two cheques, Shri Tarun was no longer the authorised signatory as
would be evident for a Board Resolution passed on 29.7.2013. In a
nut-shell, accusations are with regard to criminal breach of trust and
also forgery of valuable instruments.;
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