Accused in theft of Rs3-cr luxury vehicles gets bail
Ramkrishan Upadhyay
Tribune News Service
Chandigarh, June 30
Was arrested on disclosure of co-accused
- The police arrested Amit Kumar on the disclosure of Ramesh and claimed that the duo would buy stolen SUVs from carjackers in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, and then have RCs made from registration authorities in Haryana for reselling the vehicle.
While granting the bail, the Judge said no recovery was to be effected from the accused, Amit Kumar, who had been confined in custody and trial was likely to take long time.
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The court of Additional Sessions Judge Rajesh Sharma granted bail to Amit Kumar, an accused in the theft of vehicles worth Rs3 crore. Amit was arrested in June.
With the arrest of Ramesh with a stolen Hyundai Creta, the police claimed to have busted a vehicle theft racket. The police claimed to have recovered 18 SUVs from their possession.
The police arrested Amit on the disclosure of Ramesh and claimed that the duo would buy stolen SUVs from carjackers in Meerut, Uttar Pradesh, and then have RCs made from registration authorities in Haryana for reselling the vehicle.
While appearing on the behalf of accused Amit Kumar, advocate Harish Bhardwaj claimed that Amit had been falsely implicated in the case and confined in judicial custody since June 6.
He didn’t commit any offence and had been made a scapegoat. He was neither named in the FIR nor any recovery was to be effected from the petitioner.
There is no apprehension of tampering with evidence as the case is based on documentary evidence. The petitioner’s wife is in the advanced stage of pregnancy and there is no one to look after her.
Presentation of challan and trial of the case will take long time to conclude and no useful purpose will be served by putting him behind the bars.
While opposing the bail, the prosecution argued that the stolen vehicle was recovered from the petitioner’s possession. Its engine and chassis numbers were found tampered with and a fake number plate was affixed.
He also contended that the investigation was still going on in the case.
While granting the bail, the Judge said no recovery was to be effected from the accused, Amit Kumar, who had been confined in custody and trial was likely to take long time.
The alleged offence against the accused is triable by the Court of Magistrate. Moreover, it is apparent on record
that the accused was arrested on the basis of the disclosure statement made by co-accused Ramesh.
Hence, admissibility has to be tested during the course of trial.
Consequently, keeping in view the facts and circumstances and without commenting upon the merits of the case, the application for the bail is allowed.
