[2025:RJ-JP:43280] HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE FOR RAJASTHAN BENCH AT JAIPUR S.B. Criminal Miscellaneous Bail Application No. 9187/2025 Chota Singh S/o Amar Singh, Aged About 55 Years, Resident Of House No. 49 Police Quarter Jhalawar, District Jhalawar At Present Resident Of Housing Board Jhalawar, District Jhalawar ( Raj.) ----Petitioner Versus State Of Rajasthan, Through P.p. ----Respondent For Petitioner(s) : Mr. Rajveer Singh Jhala For Respondent(s) : Mr. Rhishi Raj Singh Rathore, PP HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SAMEER JAIN Judgment 28/10/2025 1. The present bail application has been filed under Section 482 BNSS in connection with FIR No. 231/2024 registered at Police Station Kotwali District Jhalawar for the offence(s) under Sections 409 IPC. 2. Learned counsel for the applicant has submitted that applicant is alleged of embezzeling the government money, while carrying out duty in police mess. It is further submitted that without reserving his right, he had deposited the statutory amount qua the embezzlement. It is also submitted that present FIR was filed with an inordinate delay of one and half years. 3. Per contra, learned Public Prosecutor has vehemently opposed the bail application. 4. Considering the arguments advanced by the counsel for the parties, considering that accused-applicant has deposited the [2025:RJ-JP:43280] (2 of 2) [CRLMB-9187/2025] amount qua embezzlement; that FIR was filed with a delay of one and half years and looking to the overall facts and circumstances of the case and material on record but without commenting on merits/demerits of the case, this court is inclined to allow the bail application of the accused-applicant 5. Accordingly, the anticipatory bail application is allowed. The S.H.O/I.O/Arresting Officer, Police Station Kotwali District Jhalawar in F.I.R. No. 231/2024 is directed that in the event of arrest of the accused-applicant Chota Singh S/o Amar Singh, he shall be released on bail, provided he furnishes a personal bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with two sureties in the sum of Rs.25,000/- each to the satisfaction of the S.H.O/I.O/Arresting Officer of the concerned Police Station on the following conditions:- (i) that the applicant shall make himself available for interrogation by a police officer as and when required; (ii) that the applicant shall not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him from disclosing such facts to the court or any police officer, and (iii) that the applicant shall not leave India without previous permission of the court. 6. On merits, it is clarified that pensionary benefits of the applicant may not be released till adjudication of the matter/trial/inquiry. (SAMEER JAIN),J Pooja /241