Laxman Diwan vs. Union Of India

ITEM NO.29 Virtual Court 6 SECTION II-B

SUPREME COURT OF INDIA RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

Petition(s) for Special Leave to Appeal (Crl.) No(s).618/2020

(Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 13-11-2019 in CRM-M No. 40277/2019 passed by the High Court Of Punjab & Haryana At Chandigarh)

RAJ KUMAR MODI

Petitioner(s)

VERSUS

SERIOUS FRAUD INVESTIGATION OFFICE

Respondent $(s)$

( IA No. 13683/2020 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T. IA No. 48649/2020 - PERMISSION TO FILE ADDITIONAL DOCUMENTS/FACTS/ANNEXURES)

WITH

Diary No(s). $11671/2020$ (II-B) (IA No.53361/2020-CONDONATION OF DELAY IN FILING and IA No.53363/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING C/C OF THE IMPUGNED JUDGMENT and IA No.53364/2020-EXEMPTION FROM FILING AFFIDAVIT)

Date: 15-06-2020 These matters were called on for hearing today.

CORAM :

HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE L. NAGESWARA RAO HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE S. RAVINDRA BHAT

Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, Sr. Adv. For Petitioner(s) Mr. Tarun Dua, AOR Mr. Anant Gara, Adv.

Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

For Respondent(s) Mr. Aman Lekhi, ASG
	Mr. Kanu Agrawal, Adv.
	Mr. Arvind Kumar Sharma, AOR

UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following $0 R D E R$

SLP (Crl.) No. 618/2020

After hearing Mr. K.V. Viswanathan, learned senior counsel appearing for the petitioner and Mr. Aman Lekhi, learned ASG for the respondent at length, we are of the opinion that the petitioner - Raj Kumar Modi is entitled for an interim bail for a period of two months. The petitioner is granted interim bail in view of the peculiar facts of the case. The mother of the petitioner is reported to be seriously ill.

The petitioner shall not make any attempt to contact the witnesses or tamper with the evidence.

The petitioner shall surrender on the expiry of the period of two months for which he has been granted bail. Learned counsel for the petitioner shall communicate this order to the trial Court.

Dy.No.11671 of 2020

Delay condoned. Issue notice. Mr.Tarun Dua, learned counsel accepts notice.

Tag all the matters along with SLP (Crl.) No.4322 of 2019.

(GEETA AHUJA) (ANAND PRAKASH) COURT MASTER (SH) BRANCH OFFICER