Excelsior Correspondent
JAMMU, Aug 7: Additional Sessions Judge Anticorruption Jammu C L Bavoria has rejected the pre-arrest bail application of an impersonator namely Jasbir Singh, who was booked by the Crime Branch.
According to Crime Branch case, one Gurbachan Singh was lawful attorney holder of Balwinder Kour in respect one kanal and 4 marlas of land situated at village Chowadhi. In the year 2008 when he and Balwinder Kour were abroad, some persons taking the advantage of the situation executed a fake and forged sale deed in respect of the land in favour of one Kanav Sharma, son of Narayan Brat Sharma of Trikuta Nagar by impersonating him in court.
The enquiry was conducted into the allegation levelled in the complaint and thereafter on the outcome of the enquiry a formal case was registered with P/S Crime Branch Jammu and investigation ensued.
During investigation, it came to fore that the land was purchased by Kanav Sharma through sale deed executed in the court on 12.03.2008 and took the possession of the same. Later Kanav Sharma sold the land to one Col Yudhbir Singh through sale deed executed in the court on 03.10.2008 and handed over the possession of the land to Yudhbir Singh.
Kanav Sharma did not have the knowledge about the impersonation at the time of execution of sale deed in his favor and only in 2013, on received of a notice from the court he came to know that the land was not sold to him by Gurbachan Singh, rather the sale deed was executed by one Jasbir Singh, son of Pritam Singh of R S Pura by impersonating complainant Gurbachan Singh in the court in connivance with Harpal Singh and Vijay Kumar.
After hearing APP Anoop Kumar for the UT, the court observed, “the anticipatory has to be granted only when the court is convinced that exceptional circumstances exists to resort to that extra ordinary remedy”.
“The custodial interrogation of the applicant is required by the investigating agency to collect information which may lead to recovery of relevant information”, the court said, adding “there may be circumstances in which the accused may provide information leading to discovery of material facts and relevant information”.
In the given circumstances, the grant of anticipatory bail may hamper the investigation, the court said.
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