Anticipatory bail confirmed with a continuing duty to cooperate in investigation, as the Court declined to examine merits.

Anticipatory bail was confirmed and made absolute, with the appellants required to continue cooperating in the investigation. The dispute concerned alleged breaches of licence terms in the disposal of no profit no loss plots, but the Court treated the matter as primarily documentary and declined to enter into the merits. It also noted the concession that no financial loss had been caused to the State Government. The criminal appeals were disposed of with the protection of anticipatory bail continuing subject to the cooperation condition.

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Issues: Whether the order granting anticipatory bail was to be made absolute, while the appellants were required to continue cooperating in the investigation.

Analysis: The Court noted that the dispute centered on alleged violation of licence terms arising from disposal of no profit no loss plots, but observed that the matter was primarily documentary in nature. It also recorded the concession that no financial loss had been caused to the State Government of Haryana. The Court declined to comment further on the merits and confined its order to the bail issue.

Conclusion: The order dated 29 June 2021 was made absolute, subject to the appellants continuing to cooperate in the investigation.

Final Conclusion: The criminal appeals were finally disposed of with the protection of anticipatory bail continuing under the stated cooperation condition.

Ratio Decidendi: Where the matter is at the stage of anticipatory bail and the Court does not consider it necessary to enter into the merits of the alleged violations, the bail order may be confirmed while preserving the obligation to cooperate with investigation.

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