2024 (4) TMI 552

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....azar Police Station, Solapur. ORDER This is application under section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 (for short "Cr. P.C") moved by the applicant - Sagar Dilip More seeking his release on bail in Crime No.327 of 2020 registered with Tilak Nagar Police Station, Mumbai of the offences punishable under Sections 420, 468, 471 of the Indian Penal Code (for short "I.P.C") r/w Section 13....

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....esaid amount was withdrawn through different cheques on the basis of fake bank accounts. The said company was found in the name of the applicant and the said account was opened by him on the basis of his Aadhar and PAN Card. 4. I heard Mr. More, learned Counsel for the applicant.  5. Mr. More has pointed out various lacunae in the prosecution's case of which the first and foremost is non co....

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....the documents which are at pages 48 and 53. A perusal of the original PAN and Aadhar Card as well as documents tendered by the prosecution prima facie reveals that the signature of the applicant had been forged. Surprisingly, a witness viz: Smita Ujjwal Gharat who retired from Bank of Maharashtra in December, 2020 opened an account of the applicant without verifying the aforesaid glaring discrepan....

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....gnature of the applicant differs in so far as the rent agreement is concerned as well as signature on the PAN card. He even does not know the accounts in which the amount from the account of the applicant came to be transferred. As such, prima facie, incarceration of the applicant appears to be without any concrete material against him. It is submitted that the applicant has been in custody for mo....