Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, July 4: Additional Sessions Judge, Jammu Tahir Khurshid Raina has rejected the bail application of Kulbinder Singh, who by impersonating himself as Army Colonel had collected amount ranging from Rs 2 to Rs 5 lakh from youth on the pretext of recruiting them in the Army in connivance with co-accused namely Sunil Singh and Vishal Bhagat.
After hearing Advocate Anil Sethi for the applicants whereas CPO Ashish Rathore for the State, court observed, “in the instant case the accused have played with the sentiments of the educated un-employed youth who are moving from pillar to post for realisation of their dream of getting employed somewhere to make both ends meet”.
“In furtherance of that earnest desire and their obsession for employment, whenever they listen any voice of providing job , they rush towards that , unmindful of the fact that the drum beater of providing jobs is a genuine or a fake person like the accused and as per the report of the prosecution, accused exploited the pitiable situation of innocent youth, did not think even for a second that how brutally he is exploiting their innocence and their meagre resources”, the court further observed.
“The investigation in the case is going on to know as how many more youth have been the victim of nefarious design of the accused persons. As per the report some youths of other areas outside the Jammu city like in R S Pura and Kathua have also fallen victim to the conspiracy of accused and their allurements and inducements”, the court said.
Though every citizen of the country has right to life and liberty as granted by the Constitution but the right is not so absolute that he misuses the same and puts the rights of other citizens in peril, the court said, adding “the impact of the alleged offences committed by the accused is very huge, coupled with adequate material on record which prominently reflects the complicity of the accused in the commission of offences of cheating”.
With these observations, court rejected the bail applications of the three accused-applicants.
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