In connection with a Corruption case, the Jharkhand High Court (HC) refused to renew anticipatory bail and ordered the three Chartered Accountants to surrender within two weeks.
Naresh Kumar Chhaparia, the petitioner’s apprehending arrest filed an anticipatory bail application in connection with a crime registered under Sections 120B of the Indian Penal Code and Sections 7, 12, 13(2) read with Section 13(1)(d) of Prevention of Corruption Act.
The earlier anticipatory bail application of petitioners was rejected on merit by order dated 29.6.2022 and now it had been renewed principally on the ground that other co-accused namely Binod Kumar Agarwal and Bishal Agarwal, whose anticipatory bail was rejected by the Co-ordinate Bench of the Court, had preferred before the Supreme Court arising out of the same case being have been admitted to interim bail.
It was contended by the petitioner that the two co-accused who have been admitted on interim bail by the Supreme Court were the Chartered Accountants against whom there is a direct allegation of paying illegal gratification to the principal accused and they were instrumental in getting the accounts of different Income Tax assessees transferred from Kolkata to Ranchi.
Further submitted that petitioner no. 1 has the chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) and chronic kidney disease and his health condition is in a critical state. Petitioner no. 2 has also chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD).
Justice Gautam Kumar Choudhary observed that the order in favour of petitioners Binod Kumar Agarwal and Bishal Agarwal, passed by the Supreme Court, is an interim order which cannot be a basis for claiming parity. While rejecting the anticipatory bail, the Court directed the Petitioners to surrender before the Court below within two weeks.
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