Karnataka High Court
Ali Iliyas vs The Station House Officer Central ... on 30 October, 2008
Author: Ashok B.Hinchigeri
Bench: Ashok B.Hinchigeri
IN THE HIQH ccum' QF KARNATAKA AT BA!\lG;£§;ii.<5?';;E:VV".
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BEFQRE
THE m:~:*5L.E JUSTICE 3%.'i:~{;;x2.c:.g--::i¢ER1
£.mR' emveem 5 ALIILIYAS * S/Q MQHAMMED auLR:-:;a:~:--
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" .__F3'-CR sax 3.5.. smseev, JR. SP5... PP) ""_H~.-!1S"A.'CRL.P IS FILED £3/3.439 CR.P.C BY THE AQVQCATE V 'PFHTIQNER PRAYING THAT 'MES HGN'8%..E CQURT MAY 'BE.PLEAEaED TC} EMARGE THE PETITIQNER QN INTERIM BAIL FCR KXPERIOE} CF 6 MQNTHS IF NECESSARY ON REASQNABLE '~_".._ C{}{9§DITIO¥\iS REID THE PETITIDNER IS PREPARE TO GEVE 'REASQNABLE SURETY.
frem the eetitienem eeeeeesien; net it is the--.4':e*eeeAt::ef' "
pteeecetion that the petitioner wee,'eee!V§e§"e.--§I.:g .V'st4ejm;:, V' papers.
(b) The eccesed Netz, named:'--v!§§:_!.eme.ed§e;--..x$ttye°f§e""feteing 'V eomperetivety e grever»tiherge-;'i:txjeisetgrentezt-Athve benefit cf baa}! by this Court --.}"'*' November, 2896 passed tr} v..._Petit§'e_:§1' ef He reed eet the sate erciei'_«1te-V-eg§et"et§.$§e..ee%tie:n tat» as feltewe:
"£3? efifectv tftzeteeiiegeinect the petitftmer is that he eeetteeflztte ecttvittee Met in making meney by eel!i;2§:"fe!<e* stemttsttptedeced by E3C'£'ttS4:'!Q' 2\!o.L Tekieg _ fete tet;s§e'et*'et;'et3 the magnittvde cf the acts by eccttsed ., AV§e.;1,éZ?";'t1é%e~ggetitieeet); which are net cf the magnitude ef ':::ose:je-ée ..tiy'--..ecce5ed M341} the parted of detentien he % - Jags tteeet the gaeesibtlity cf trial of this case taking eensieeretéte eerieci, I am of the epiniee that if the _ petttieeier fumishg two solvent eateries to enstme his A A' etteneence before the Trial Ceurt during tag'; I see new ' reason te deny bet!"
etee bteeght te my netlce that accused t~§o,32, " Jayasimlrze end accused {$9.33, Nenjeepe are also reieesed en bet! by the erders peeeee by the Hetfbte Supreme Ceert 9.3514.
(G) in Cflmma! Appeaig 149.1275 of 2997 and S?¥1. ¢f5.';;§:Q:i?:-? "_ respectiveiy. He further submit;>that.*'bQt5f~ apmlcatiens filed by these new:'»,acc:a::.§i.éd ';::;gr§cn's' 9!e'&=i%_'A dispresed ef by this Calm §y';3'@.1; gré.§r:¥:i£1-9Vth9g b.-§~§:§..v_§g1¢§ giving the dizegti-an fest' the speefJ¥. t;:'§--a_! Qf 'tn-§T_zfg9';at!;vie:*g $2': Pasha sggbmitted th'at7§Tt. :hLef'§1fgr2§§'??.ré.';'_ rfiatjeria! placed an record is taken 9:1' its fa<:é'v§}}gé_; A:.hgfi.a¥§§"»'h'o case is made 91:: as aga_§_rr,«5j':5:-4'thA§__--;{:et§tE9'ngr., E-i!'e're'§é gut the reaievant mr1I,:ier: of Tthé.%:;fr:,ns§§fé;.~:_§r:=$§':1a:§ofiWfiart ef Pw.,1. The same is extraétefi'--hVéreih!;§é§§§w~:..:::A"
}"It ._:trz1ae'v" rim 'Ho incriminating properties are V'f;22_m gbys;'$«:.=.!«poss$si9n of acmsed A}! Iiiyas or ,, , -f;:r;n_ §any g?acg at his instance. It is true mat evfdemse do V"g2£iout the businex of fake stamps and stamp ' pépegs. Cfifffiéii an by accused A5? I!s';/as getsonatly, "
«. _*..The earléér bail appiicatien disposed ef by this Ceurt has the Trial Court ta (template the triai withm eight ' nibnths from 2?" February, 200?. This pericd has was expired one year age, on 27"' October, 203?. 5.315%.
(f) Special Ceensei appearing for Sri' E ;L, Sarsjeem S;.ee':.§a-E-...P§b!§§:
Sr; Pasha submitted that the eetitiener has custody far the last five years,
3., Per centre, sri B'!-t. Nanjunsafa'h,:'_'_ti:e A!'iearne'd Presecatar fer the Centre! flauraau_.efj'ins:est§§;.atieeH rgfade the feliewing repiy sabmissiens: V (3)
(b) The axaminatiaeef alt..thej:~wit.g'ass'és_'V{i3tt'»::1 ta PW143) was ccncludéeit bfig"33%"trvtafeh,:.4V2?3f}$;'"Therefere at this stage gfzfaetiegvVefithe't!:;ai!_:§s~~net-'warranted.
He submitted; 'with. te_fe:*eese ta the evidence sf PW.4Q- seaweed, th'at«-----the petitiener has the prepensity fer in the crimes! acts. The petitioner e:bta§aed_tEteI_V_rtiarks card and degree certificate ef the said ".__w§tness 'aedV fergm the same ta aasear that he is a degree A 5f'§:e%:d'e;z The relevant parties 91' his examinatian-in-chief £5 '' as feiiewsr "I gave my educations! records such as marks card, degaae certificate, etc, to him. I said yes and stated that in cennection with employment in some &BH.
Middle East country, 1' have given my [T degree Ceriificate, etc'; to accused Ali myasi A i I (<3 The Senier Counsel, Sri Nanjundaizgzh sfimiftgéd.' éaigiiii' stamp scam has resulted in <!«'ef1jaudi'i1-;_'the G;:s'if's;féj;jiéef{'§:.§r:
the regiim of thgusands of croriés r;:péé*.a--i'¢_i'_fiier'feifore the petitioner cannot ciaim ..m§*;ter cf on the ground that some othgr...a§i;2.:Sié¢i :pefsi§nbé'1v'Va}e released an baii. The a7gt:iir§ii~;p.a'f:e:i'j_'tv::.>:Vvfiievétitianer disentitie him to the V
4. In fine ~a::r;a:.Ai.i';<'_-*."és'fiziij'hi'$'Vb.§§jo§'s1£!er submissions, Sri Pasha read gut the féiiaiyvinvgV"p_c$§{§¢'ri:'::_'Qiiéiihe crcasyexaminatien part of S§.g.h.a;i! Ahmgig (_Pw.49)..i.': %%%%% arid Iooking at ExiP195,. I cannot say that it i5 an i£;:z7rpéi'eiiv»~dt:gE!jment, In the same way on looking to .F_ExiP,194, Iv.__vc3ni§ct say it is a tampered document. STAMPII"
.,_I;{), had '~ asked me to bring original dmuments. (witness V' ikgiiuiztexegs ihat STAMPII" L0. taken xerox copies of ariginal 4'_'ds_;ic=z;ir:e::i:s,). It is am': carrect to say that at the time af . V. fécqfding my siatement, tampened educational secords and my "originai educational records were not comaaredi It is true that (my after receiving infoiarnatian from STAMPIT L0., I came ta know that my wnvocation certificate and marks cans! are QBH.
tampened. My originaf educations! educatian recordsAV..a_!§:-. gr>:§'t'V;. ~ V. misused fmm the date I obtained the same till today. '.'._f V -J
5. The submissiens ef the Iearne\g$i"éou«r3se'! h,a§I Te :f:a€:e--ES2eév--.A my anxieus consideration, Tiwugh caTi§_.vA!9r2*a:.!<»a reference 1:9 the mate.-riais, it cazino§;:"~~:1d:aké ac_.r'3+sg§§1v_i._!éT'r;! V"'as*1df: :n- " V depth anaiysis at the matgrigls and i..:'*L§2::'é':-'»'r_:lf finé:'::gs.-En their acceptability Qt' otherwise, wr;§¢h_':s"e:e§e;ni:§'§y§!}€» matter for ma. This is the considere_c§--x§§e;At Supreme Cezsrt 5;: the case of; u:gg%Agm4 mzgsggéz 51945;: My AINIQTI-! an rc;§pr.n_'l:'_:efd7'§::} (;z%z.1Ea5L){§.%sgc%%:iV§ea 6: It £5 atlsolfi ne¢e':séfiy .*£4:'«::.i"-~.iL,'féle3;:ate in tha cards-fir the reasens fey pr§rna_;ffa"c§..e reV;'e-::§§ilg' 9!} granting the bait, The reievant p§§rti §n$.§i'° ti3;J;.s'~é:§5:§::f:'«.!:V-!s..=~$ fiugreme Court's judgment in the case af ANv¥Aa1A3EQ;;%;q[vg% snag MQHAMMAD mo Amman V".;-- }é:;¢:3rted in (2%Qt.s»5j2r sec 326 are extracted hereinbelewz V' .. A' "Sf fbegae is a need it: indicate in the order reasmns for '_§;fm;§'»fa:ie ca:2c!;;d§ng why bail was being graggted, partficeglady
-~-- i§?ben§3 an acczgsed was sbarmc! of having committed a serfczzss A ' 3;':*§fl%§?C€'; It is nesswsaty for the warm deaifng with apgification for bail to ccnrsiafier among other c§:'::g;1nstances, the follawing factms aafsa before granting £235}, they are:
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1; The nature of accusatian and the severity 91' "
in case of conviction and the nature af :§;;pper1ffi:§ . 'T "
evidence;
2; Reasanable apprehension crf tam;§.etir;§ @*§it!iTT'!5hé id' or apprehension of £13 great to 'ihg cornpfaintg
3. Prima fade sa£i$face':ion of i12'.Sa;£,V£V§Tpt:>I't the Charge; _ .
Any Qrder afehors of from non-
appfizration of mingzi was ;réot}e:!:'V.£»wy..4t!2:§ f;our;£* in Ram G-wind Upadhyay V; 5Lg;fa;*s;'2a-;'{§':_$533!;_}*:1{'an__«~v;ijA*Rambilas and in Kalyan Chandra fiarkar' s'§§g§;:§+;es!2"I-Zagzjiahfif V'
7. In the1ca'se'%»9§%I%ma%§r§%3A$ TUKARAM RA!!JA!!E u. sure GE uA.uAgAsH*tRA"*~;r§p§rzad in (2nn5)9 sec 422, which aresge' 'mm 4Tea!vg§'$1tar;":p fscam case, the Hogfble supreme gr§a?':':§ei;i'L:'b:ai!A_._to t;v§';'é"Dep!..zty Superintendent ef Stamps car':-3,'VAi¢:-3-e;§'*§«r':_g Tfii:v!?§§'?._ fig-.$$aa$ in cuszcdy fer twe years and three Thev._S;:p r'efTne Ceurt has held that the Ceurt can neither ' a§~1a§r by the catch submissiens that 'baii am not 333' '.r_u§»e 2ier can it ignere the §;'incip!e reflected by that catch
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8. The evidence collated so far :5 net indicetiveittfeftt cemmissioning ef the effence relating $eVle4.'.e~n6v..A V' distributien at cetznterfeit stamps and oniy indicative of the fabricetienVb--»ef*~.the Aeducetiez{1ei~--:fecerds, '' V Even the alteeeticm of the fat:r§cetiQ.n------ef"L_edizcetierieiVvreccirds aisco may be diffictfit te be establishes, .:§fVI_§?thet.Suhai! Ahmed (PWAQ) has stated §n.jth_e cs-Entreesfv§§Vr<§ss'eexaattéVi"r§atien. Re has stated that his otig'iti'e_§V not misused from the date he o_bteeEnedt_t!ie::;sa_n:e' tit! t'e'd--ay.,
9. PW,1t'tgas %ed'm_it*ted:'i'i':..::jti*:.e" course of cross-examinatien that me in;:.rirn:netin.e 'pto;:.rtertV§Aes are seized from the present péfiti_§An§,':t_,e'r :,f;<0n2..&eny'VAp'!'see at his mstence. He has further stated th_at'th:ef »1ev4§t3es}:;e dees not disciese abeut the etzsiness of _"'§'a'ke stertzepa_ne'ts:'..cerr§ed on by the petitiener persenafiy.
Iéhéss Ceurt has set the outer limit of eight months fer ¢essgs':' of the main matter in Criminal Petition !\¥o.19& of sole? ~di-spcsed of an 27"' February, 200?. This outer ximzt has expired cane year ago. But the matter is yet to see the finality, Trensfer of Presiding Qfficers may be e geese teasers fer HE?-f.
not éisposihg at the matter speedily, But the negatie-t;"w«:i§«..bthe principte of speedy trial antities the petitioner ta Chart ta take a rewleek at his case for the».pL1r4pc:se"éf"¢:tihéide';fiVng._V uh' his request fer bail'
11. That the getitéoher has'bhée.n in jud_iciaV! '¢;4st§3'dy'Eh! a " L' Song perihd of five years aisp weieVAh--sQ};sg§th'--»..this'Ccs2.rt...<§ Further there seems to have been 66 gase from 315' March, 2998. The in;:ta"rc,erattétiV' p er'.:§é9_hs '-acfivfised of offences for an undulyMthéhgtfhegfinttié \.§z;§tVh'Qut outer limit has ta be prevented, harut§'c;4V!ar!.y;'»AI.tjV' facie there is no in(:riminatihg.vmatéria:¥ ta.'vshAc}wVA£hat the petitioner has committed ahy '$Ver§etz~$:'o?feh¢e, I grant the ban :9 the peuzienesz But samehhhig su§je;"t th the fotfewing cenditihngz 'The; fiéétitieher shat! axecute a bend fer a stsm sf 7:Rs;'i,00,DC#Q,2' (Rupees ene takh enty) with two suraties T "far the ltke sum ta the gatisfactton of the Trial CQQFL The getitieher shat! he reguiar in attending the Trial Comtt H89.
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iii) The petitiener shalt mark. his presence em, and 2,09 em. on every Sunday eefere-.theiV'_Stet§ee--.'t Heuee Qfficer, Mediwem i-'teiice S$tetie'n
iv) The petitiener shat; eerrebngler ti'§s Peespett.,.'A§fv the 'me! Ceurt. If he has 'r:te:"P.as5g3§ort,V_ 'he.'.=e!t'e;itVVfi!e an V effidevit te thet effezft;.._A_ _ _ _ 13, If the eetitiener d'efee!te__v§?i'ivadh.eriVng_§to the abeve- enemeretee eond§t§ene,,'h__is bait is S§§:!$_l'ee§:eV.'be czefieteilee.
14. The reeeet§eetj:ewn«v.efnvd_ the observations made by me in this order afeenfy fer ;:§:t':*{g§'oee cf dispestng ef this petition fortaeil. Tij;e"T:fieI .C0m:'_t'eha}:§- decide the matter uninfluenced by tee.' tee«s§he fi7'et§e§f:i:«.._Aand the ebservetiene made by me while _ df.
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