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3. Applicant was arrested on 13.07.2022 and his first regular bail application was dismissed on 20.08.2022. As per judicial record, interim bail was granted to the applicant on 31.08.2022 for two weeks on medical grounds, which was extended from time to time. CBI filed an application on 28.10.2022 for cancellation of the interim bail on the ground that applicant was medically fit and stable as he could be seen enjoying parties at different places while on medical bail. Application was dismissed on 05.09.2022 and interim bail was extended. In the meantime, applicant preferred a second bail application on 07.10.2022 and an application under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C. on 12.10.2022. On 15.10.2022, final report was filed by CBI in terms of Section 173(2) Cr.P.C. On 06.12.2022, while applicant was on medical bail, learned Special Judge passed a direction for constituting a Medical Board at AIIMS for medical examination of the applicant, seeking response to five specific queries. By a detailed order dated 01.02.2023, Trial Court decided all the three applications i.e. second regular bail application dated 07.10.2022; application dated 12.10.2022 This is a digitally signed order.

The authenticity of the order can be re-verified from Delhi High Court Order Portal by scanning the QR code shown above. The Order is downloaded from the DHC Server on 04/06/2024 at 22:05:59 under Section 167(2) Cr.P.C., both filed by the applicant; and application dated 28.10.2022 filed by the CBI seeking cancellation of interim bail. Regular bail application bearing No.239/2022 was dismissed on merits and interim bail granted vide order dated 31.08.2022 and extended from time to time, was cancelled. Applicant was directed to surrender on 04.02.2023 by 3:00 PM, failing which IO was authorized to arrest him and produce him in Court for sending him to judicial custody.

4. approached this Court by way of the present application seeking regular bail and vide order dated 03.02.2023, Court extended the interim bail till the next date on medical grounds, subject to the condition that the moment applicant got discharged from Leelawati hospital, Mumbai, he shall inform the IO of the discharge. Interim bail was extended on various dates till 27.02.2024, on which date, Court directed the applicant to surrender, based on the updated medical report and as per the Jail surrender report, applicant surrendered on 02.03.2024 before the concerned Jail authorities. Subsequent thereto, present regular bail application was taken up for hearing.

22. It was further argued that mere length of incarceration cannot by itself be a reason to grant bail to the applicant considering the seriousness of the offences committed, conduct of the applicant during the period he was on interim medical bail and the high possibility of the applicant influencing, threatening and pressurising the witnesses. On a factual note, applicant has been in actual physical custody only for approximately five months as he was arrested on 13.07.2022, released on interim bail on 31.08.2022, which was extended till his surrender on 02.03.2024. Interim bail was sought on exaggerated medical grounds, as observed by the Trial Court while rejecting his regular bail application and while on interim bail, applicant misused the concession granted by the Court to the hilt. The judgments relied upon by the applicant on the proposition that an accused cannot be detained indefinitely, awaiting completion of investigation or trial will be inapplicable in the present case involving massive fraud This is a digitally signed order.