By Dheeraj Beniwal
New Delhi [India], A Delhi court has granted bail to an alleged member of an organized crime syndicate, who was booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) and declared a fugitive before his arrest. His lawyer said that during the period when he was reported absconding, he was regularly supplying water to a post under Hari Nagar police station.
After considering the facts and circumstances, Special Judge Shivali Sharma of Tis Hazari Court granted bail to Saurav Bhargava alias Bhinda. He is accused of being a member of the Salman Tyagi gang, which allegedly runs an organized crime syndicate.
The matter is of Hari Nagar police station. On August 13, 2019, an FIR was registered under MCOCA against Salman Tyagi and his 22 associates including Bhinda. Delhi Police filed the supplementary chargesheet on April 24, 2024.Bhinda was arrested on December 23, 2023 and has sought regular bail under section 439 of the CrPC.
After considering the material on record, the Special Judge granted bail to the accused.
"I am bound to hold that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the accused Saurav Bhargava is not guilty of the offenses under MCOCA for which the charge sheet has been filed against him," the judge said.
It is also on record that the accused was not involved in any kind of criminal activities after 2018, the court said in the order passed on May 24.
Defense counsel Deepak Sharma argued that the case has been wrongly registered by the investigating officer without providing any concrete evidence against the accused for being a member of any crime syndicate.Before his arrest, he was never called by the police to join the investigation.
"In fact, during the period in which he is shown to be absconding, he was regularly supplying water to Police Station Hari Nagar under the jurisdiction of Police Station Hari Nagar and thus was very well known to the police authorities in Delhi. PS Hari Nagar. Yet, no effort was made to involve him in the investigation, nor was any notice issued to him for this purpose,'' Sharma argued.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) opposed the bail plea and said that the allegations against the accused were of serious nature.He argued that the name of the accused has been specifically mentioned in the sanction to register the FIR under MCOCA.
The Additional Public Prosecutor argued that the accused is involved in multiple cases and "extorts money by threatening financiers, property dealers and speculators".
New Delhi [India], A Delhi court has granted bail to an alleged member of an organized crime syndicate, who was booked under the stringent Maharashtra Control of Organized Crime Act (MCOCA) and declared a fugitive before his arrest. His lawyer said that during the period when he was reported absconding, he was regularly supplying water to a post under Hari Nagar police station.
After considering the facts and circumstances, Special Judge Shivali Sharma of Tis Hazari Court granted bail to Saurav Bhargava alias Bhinda. He is accused of being a member of the Salman Tyagi gang, which allegedly runs an organized crime syndicate.
The matter is of Hari Nagar police station. On August 13, 2019, an FIR was registered under MCOCA against Salman Tyagi and his 22 associates including Bhinda. Delhi Police filed the supplementary chargesheet on April 24, 2024.Bhinda was arrested on December 23, 2023 and has sought regular bail under section 439 of the CrPC.
After considering the material on record, the Special Judge granted bail to the accused.
"I am bound to hold that there are reasonable grounds to believe that the accused Saurav Bhargava is not guilty of the offenses under MCOCA for which the charge sheet has been filed against him," the judge said.
It is also on record that the accused was not involved in any kind of criminal activities after 2018, the court said in the order passed on May 24.
Defense counsel Deepak Sharma argued that the case has been wrongly registered by the investigating officer without providing any concrete evidence against the accused for being a member of any crime syndicate.Before his arrest, he was never called by the police to join the investigation.
"In fact, during the period in which he is shown to be absconding, he was regularly supplying water to Police Station Hari Nagar under the jurisdiction of Police Station Hari Nagar and thus was very well known to the police authorities in Delhi. PS Hari Nagar. Yet, no effort was made to involve him in the investigation, nor was any notice issued to him for this purpose,'' Sharma argued.
Additional Public Prosecutor (APP) opposed the bail plea and said that the allegations against the accused were of serious nature.He argued that the name of the accused has been specifically mentioned in the sanction to register the FIR under MCOCA.
The Additional Public Prosecutor argued that the accused is involved in multiple cases and "extorts money by threatening financiers, property dealers and speculators".
