{"id":252665,"date":"2009-07-15T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2009-07-14T18:30:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chetan-gupta-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-15-july-2009"},"modified":"2015-11-17T14:49:03","modified_gmt":"2015-11-17T09:19:03","slug":"chetan-gupta-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-15-july-2009","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.legalindia.com\/judgments\/chetan-gupta-vs-state-of-punjab-and-others-on-15-july-2009","title":{"rendered":"Chetan Gupta vs State Of Punjab And Others on 15 July, 2009"},"content":{"rendered":"
Punjab-Haryana High Court<\/div>\n
Chetan Gupta vs State Of Punjab And Others on 15 July, 2009<\/div>\n
C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                             -1-\n\n IN THE HIGH COURT OF PUNJAB AND HARYANA AT CHANDIGARH\n\n\n                                           C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009 (O&M)\n                                              Date of decision:15.07.2009.\n\n\n\nChetan Gupta                                                   ...Petitioner\n\n                                  Versus\n\nState of Punjab and others                                  ...Respondents\n\n\nCORAM:      HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE JASBIR SINGH\n\nPresent:    Mr. Rajiv Atma Ram, Senior Advocate, with\n            Mr. Daman Dhir, Advocate, for the petitioner.\n                                 *****\n\nJASBIR SINGH, J.\n<\/pre>\n
            By filing this writ petition, petitioner prays that a writ of<\/p>\n
mandamus be issued to the respondents to issue the petitioner, 10 days<\/p>\n
advance notice, in case the respondents wish to arrest him, in a case likely<\/p>\n
to be registered against him in the State of Punjab by any wing of the<\/p>\n
Punjab Police.\n<\/p>\n
            Admittedly, the petitioner is an accused in FIR No.5 of 2007,<\/p>\n
registered in Police Station Vigilance Bureau at Ludhiana. In that case, he<\/p>\n
is on regular bail. He is also an accused in FIR No.28 of 2008. After<\/p>\n
registration of the above said case, he came to this Court, asking for<\/p>\n
anticipatory bail, his application bearing Criminal Misc. No.M-18152 of<\/p>\n
2008, was disposed of on 24.07.2008 (P-9). It was observed as under: –<\/p>\n
                  “Ms. Rita Kohli, learned Additional Advocate General<\/p>\n
            appearing for the State of Punjab, at the very out-set has<\/p>\n
            made a statement that the petitioner is not required by the<\/p>\n
            investigating agency at this stage.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                  In view of the statement made above by the learned<\/p>\n
            State counsel, learned Senior Advocate appearing for the
\n C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                                    -2-<\/span><\/p>\n
                petitioner submits that he does not press this petition at this<\/p>\n
                stage and prays that the same may be dismissed as<\/p>\n
                withdrawn.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
                      Dismissed as withdrawn. However, it is made clear that<\/p>\n
                in case the investigating agency requires the petitioner, then in<\/p>\n
                that eventuality, before arresting him, four days’ notice in<\/p>\n
                writing well in advance be served upon him. It is also made<\/p>\n
                clear that the petitioner shall cooperate with the Investigating<\/p>\n
                Agency as and when called upon to do so.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n
                It is an admitted fact that about one year has elapsed when<\/p>\n
that order was passed, the respondents have not initiated any criminal<\/p>\n
action in the meantime against the petitioner. Now the petitioner has been<\/p>\n
asked to put in appearance, for investigation in the above said FIR, before<\/p>\n
S.S.P., Vigilance Bureau at Patiala on 17.07.2009. (Copy of the notice has<\/p>\n
been put on record during the course of arguments.)<\/p>\n
                An averment has been made by the counsel for the petitioner<\/p>\n
that the petitioner apprehends that on his appearance at Patiala, he is<\/p>\n
going to be arrested by registering some false case by the respondents<\/p>\n
without any justification.      Long history of the earlier cases, registered<\/p>\n
against the petitioner and how he was arrested and tortured etc. has been<\/p>\n
given.\n<\/p>\n
                In this writ petition, following prayer has been made by the<\/p>\n
petitioner: –\n<\/p>\n
                “issue a writ of mandamus or any direction or order directing<\/p>\n
                the respondents to issue ten days notice before arresting them<\/p>\n
                in any case to be registered against them any where in the<\/p>\n
                State of Punjab and by the State of Punjab\/the Punjab<\/p>\n
                Vigilance    Bureau\/Punjab    Police   or   any    other     State<\/p>\n
                instrumentality or State agency under the control and
\n C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                                   -3-<\/span><\/p>\n
             directions of the State Government.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n
             To claim above said relief, facts are mentioned in para Nos.6,<\/p>\n
27(i), 27(vii), 27(xi) and 27(xviii) of this writ petition.   These paragraphs<\/p>\n
reads thus: –\n<\/p>\n
                “6.   Unfortunately however, the petitioner who lives in Delhi<\/p>\n
                with his wife, minor son and ailing aged mother and has<\/p>\n
                undergone such excruciating mental and physical torture has<\/p>\n
                once again been made the target of the evil designs of the<\/p>\n
                current government and their agencies. Over the past few<\/p>\n
                days the petitioner has been receiving threatening calls from<\/p>\n
                unknown numbers threatening him that he dare not step into<\/p>\n
                Punjab or he would get arrested in some new case.               It is<\/p>\n
                submitted that even though to the best of the petitioners<\/p>\n
                knowledge no other case is pending against him, yet he is<\/p>\n
                mortally scared of being picked up, arrested and tortured in<\/p>\n
                some vague and false case, since the respondents have<\/p>\n
                obviously got no qualms of misusing the powers entrusted to<\/p>\n
                them to ensure that they succeed in their evil designs.<\/p>\n
                27(i) That the petitioner is directly approaching this Hon’ble<\/p>\n
                Court as the alleged FIR can be registered against him any<\/p>\n
                where in the State of Punjab. The petitioner himself cannot<\/p>\n
                point out any particular station\/district where he would be<\/p>\n
                implicated in a criminal case. His apprehension is bonafide<\/p>\n
                and genuine and is well established on the basis of the facts<\/p>\n
                narrated and perusal of the news reports.       The manner in<\/p>\n
                which the investigating agency namely the Vigilance Bureau is<\/p>\n
                going out of its way by involving wholly unconnected people in<\/p>\n
                series of cases like Ludhiana City Centre, Disproportionate<\/p>\n
                Asset’s case against the petitioner, former DGP and the
\n C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                              -4-<\/span><\/p>\n
           former Chief Minister are few examples. The strategy is to<\/p>\n
           arrest the person on a false pretest to subject him to third<\/p>\n
           degree treatment and extract confessions and plant recoveries<\/p>\n
           to show achievement in a drive which has so far made no<\/p>\n
           headway.     The Vigilance Bureau and the present Chief<\/p>\n
           Minister are leaving no stone unturned with a view to falsely<\/p>\n
           implicate the petitioner in a criminal case and arrest him.<\/p>\n
           27(vii).    That    during   his   custodial   interrogation, the<\/p>\n
           petitioner was interrogated by the officers of the Vigilance<\/p>\n
           Bureau, Punjab in the premises of Police Station Sadar,<\/p>\n
           Ludhiana and was stripped to his underclothing and was<\/p>\n
           humiliated and tortured during the course of the period of<\/p>\n
           Police Custody of 7 days. The petitioner was not just slapped<\/p>\n
           or physically assaulted, but was made to undergo third degree<\/p>\n
           torture with the vigilance persons giving him electric shocks all<\/p>\n
           over his body.\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           27(xi).     For that the petitioner cannot be expected to live<\/p>\n
           in the constant fear of being arrested at the States wish for<\/p>\n
           alleged offences he does not even have an iota of idea about.<\/p>\n
           It is submitted that the petitioner has no means of knowing the<\/p>\n
           extent of malicious and vexatious designs of the respondents<\/p>\n
           and until and unless he is given the protection as prayed for in<\/p>\n
           the present petition he would be living in constant fear of the<\/p>\n
           atrocities of the respondents. It has been authoritatively held<\/p>\n
           by the Constitution Bench of the Hon’ble Supreme Court in<\/p>\n
           Sibbia’s case that the petitioner under the threat of abuse of<\/p>\n
           State power cannot be expected to draw up his petition as<\/p>\n
           meticulously as in a civil case. It shall be a travesty of justice<\/p>\n
           if the petitioner has to rely upon the documents or material
\n C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                                 -5-<\/span><\/p>\n
           which     cannot   possibly    be   in   his   possession,    before<\/p>\n
           approaching the Court. As per the prescribed procedure, a<\/p>\n
           petitioner has no means to know as to what enquiries are<\/p>\n
           going on against him or whether any material is being quoted<\/p>\n
           and kept under the wraps with the objective of promptly<\/p>\n
           registering the case at the opportune moment. The petitioner<\/p>\n
           can     only   express   his   apprehension     from   surrounding<\/p>\n
           circumstances e.g. the political bias against him, the secret<\/p>\n
           and systematic leaks by the Investigating Agency, the<\/p>\n
           circumstances showing that Capt. Amarinder Singh and the<\/p>\n
           people close to him are being singlled out for persecution and<\/p>\n
           the reports in the media giving indications of on going<\/p>\n
           enquiries or informal local investigation or plans to implicate<\/p>\n
           him in one or the other case. Therefore, from the very nature<\/p>\n
           of things, a petitioner cannot be expected to place before the<\/p>\n
           courts, strictly legal evidence about a case likely to be<\/p>\n
           registered against him.”\n<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
           27(xviii).     That the petitioner is apprehending his arrest<\/p>\n
           regarding the alleged offences, which are non-bailable<\/p>\n
           because of the political vendetta to torture, humiliate publicly<\/p>\n
           and to tarnish his image whereas the nature and gravity of the<\/p>\n
           alleged allegations are not serious to deny the anticipatory bail<\/p>\n
           particularly when false and concocted cases are being<\/p>\n
           manufactured due to political vendetta.         The petitioner is a<\/p>\n
           respectable law abiding citizen and could not in any manner<\/p>\n
           misuse the concession of bail by tampering or pressurizing the<\/p>\n
           witnesses. It is respectfully submitted that even recently while<\/p>\n
           proceedings have been pending before this Hon’ble Court, the<\/p>\n
           respondents are in the process of fabricating new and false
\n C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                                -6-<\/span><\/p>\n
             cases against the petitioner.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n
\n
            This Court feels that the apprehension raised by the petitioner<\/p>\n
has no justification. In paragraph No.6 of this writ petition, it has been<\/p>\n
stated that the petitioner is likely to made target on account of evil designs<\/p>\n
of the current government and their agencies. It has further been stated<\/p>\n
that the petitioner has been receiving threatening calls from unknown<\/p>\n
persons stating that he dare not step into Punjab, else he will be arrested<\/p>\n
in some new false case.\n<\/p>\n
            When calls were made, from which numbers calls have been<\/p>\n
made, who made those calls, who received, at what time\/date, nothing has<\/p>\n
been stated to substantiate the contention. Even number on which these<\/p>\n
calls were received has not been mentioned in this paragraph.<\/p>\n
            In paragraph Nos.27(i), 27(vii), 27(xi) and 27(xviii), it has only<\/p>\n
been stated that a false FIR is likely to be registered against the petitioner,<\/p>\n
any where in the State of Punjab. The petitioner is not in a position to<\/p>\n
indicate the Police Station. To strengthen apprehension of the petitioner<\/p>\n
that he is going to be arrested, it has been stated that earlier also he was<\/p>\n
arrested in a false criminal case and was tortured.            It was further<\/p>\n
mentioned that the Vigilance Bureau and the present Chief Minister are<\/p>\n
leaving no stone unturned to falsely implicate the petitioner in a criminal<\/p>\n
case.\n<\/p>\n
            This Court feels that there is no foundation to satisfy above<\/p>\n
apprehension. Petitioner is an accused in FIR No.5 of 2007, in which he<\/p>\n
was enlarged on regular bail. In FIR No.28 of 2008, he was granted relief<\/p>\n
by this Court, vide order dated 24.07.2008, that before his arrest 4 days’<\/p>\n
advance notice be given to him. About one year has elapsed, no attempt<\/p>\n
has been made by the authorities to register any case against the<\/p>\n
petitioner. In these paragraphs, only treatment meted out to him in the<\/p>\n
past has been detailed.      It has further been stated that the petitioner
\n C.W.P. No.10364 of 2009                                                  -7-<\/span><\/p>\n
cannot live continuously under threat and on account of facts mentioned in<\/p>\n
those paragraphs, he is entitled to get the blanket bail as has been prayed<\/p>\n
in this writ petition.\n<\/p>\n
              In view of above mentioned facts, this Court feels that so far<\/p>\n
as grant of blanket bail to the petitioner is concerned, he is not able to<\/p>\n
make out any case. Otherwise also, the Hon’ble Supreme Court in Union<\/p>\n
of India Vs. Padam Narain Aggarwal etc., AIR 2008 Supreme Court<\/p>\n
254, have specifically stated that it is not justified to grant blanket bail to an<\/p>\n
applicant except in exceptional cases. This Court feels that no exceptional<\/p>\n
case is made out. Petitioner has been summoned to participate in the<\/p>\n
pending investigation on 17.07.2009, vide notice dated 09.07.2009, in FIR<\/p>\n
No.28 of 2008. Apprehension of the petitioner that he will be arrested is<\/p>\n
not justified because when that FIR was registered, he came to this Court<\/p>\n
and at his instance, order dated 27.07.2008 (P-9) was passed, granting<\/p>\n
him protection from sudden arrest.\n<\/p>\n
              In view of above, no case is made out to grant relief to the<\/p>\n
petitioner as prayed.\n<\/p>\n
              Dismissed.<\/p>\n
\n\n\n\nJuly 15, 2009.                                       ( JASBIR SINGH )\nvinod                                                     JUDGE\n <\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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