SUMEET SURI vs STATE OF NCT OF DELHI on 8 August, 2012

CRIMINAL APPEAL NO. 1159 OF 2013

(CRLMP.NO.19263/2012)

SUMEET SURI Appellant(s)

:VERSUS:

STATE OF NCT OF DELHI & ANR. Respondent(s)

O R D E R

Leave granted.

2. Heard Mr. Mukul Rohatgi, learned senior

counsel in support of this appeal, Mr. Rakesh JUDGMENT

Khanna, learned Additional Solicitor General for

respondent No.1 and Mr. Rakesh Dwivedi, learned

senior counsel appearing for respondent No.2.

3. We have perused the impugned order passed by

the High Court. The appellant is being proceeded

under FIR No.125/2010 filed by respondent No.2

against the appellant for various offences such as

breach of trust, forgery, misappropriation etc. The

appellant applied for bail which the learned

Magistrate did not grant. The appellant was granted

bail by the learned Sessions Judge but the learned

Single Judge of the High Court has cancelled the

bail by his order dated 27.8.2012 passed in Criminal

M.C. No.198/2011 which was filed by the State

against the order dated 25.11.2010 passed by the

learned Additional Sessions Judge. Until the passing

of the order by the Sessions Judge, the appellant

remained in custody for 18 days.

4. Having considered all the facts of this case

and the submissions of learned counsel for the rival

parties, we areJUDGMENTof the view that the custodial

interrogation is not required in the present case.

set aside. Consequently the order passed by the

learned Additional Sessions Judge on 25.11.2010

granting bail to the appellant on the terms

contained therein will stand revived.

5. We are told that there are certain subsequent

events and if there are any subsequent offences in

which the appellant is involved, it will be open for

the State to take necessary steps.

The appeal is allowed accordingly.

.........................J

(H.L. GOKHALE)

.........................J

(J. CHELAMESWAR)

New Delhi;

August 12, 2013.