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2023 (8) TMI 1124 - PUNJAB AND HARYANA HIGH COURTSeeking grant of Regular Bail - creation of false and bogus companies for extracting GST amount from the public - HELD THAT:- The Hon'ble Supreme Court in the matter of Prabhakar Tewari Vs. State of U.P., and another [2020 (1) TMI 1528 - SUPREME COURT] has held that the pendency of several criminal cases against the accused cannot be basis to refuse the prayer of bail. Still further, no doubt, several other criminal cases have been registered against the present petitioner, but that cannot be sole ground to confine the present petitioner in jail for an indefinite period. The bail to a petitioner cannot be denied solely on the ground that several other cases are pending against him, even though, the petitioner has been able to make out a case for grant of bail in the facts of the present case. In the present case also, the petitioner has already undergone more than 01 year and 11 months of the custody and the trial is at an initial stage. Even all the offences are triable by the Court of learned Magistrate and the conclusion of the trial may take considerable time. The present petition is allowed and the petitioner is ordered to be released on bail subject to his furnishing bail bonds/surety bonds to the satisfaction of the trial Court/Duty Magistrate/Chief Judicial Magistrate, concerned subject to the conditions imposed.
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