Delhi High Court Granted Bail To The 'Informant' In Bonded Labour Case

DHAN BHAKTA vs. THE STATE BAIL APPLN. 1401/2019 | High Court of Delhi | Status: Disposed Of | |

The present Petition was  filed seeking bail in a case arising out of the FIR No: 257 of 2017 (Dated: 17/08/2017), PS: Ranjit Nagar, U/S: 323/344/354/370/374/343/34 OF IPC, R/W SEC. 16/17 OF THE BONDED LABOUR SYSTEM ABOLITION ACT, 1976 AND SEC. 75/79 OF J.J. ACT District- Central Delhi, currently pending in the Court of Ms. Nivedita Anil Sharma, ASJ, Tis Hazari Court, New Delhi. The Petitioner/Accused was in judicial custody for 07 months since 29.10.18

The Petitioner/Accused was an informer and himself a bonded labourer  in the present case and due to his consistent effort and complaint regarding the numerous bonded labourers who were living under the situation of bondage and were engaged as domestic workers were rescued. These bonded labourers were placed in various regions of Delhi by R.B Placement Agency, Delhi as domestic workers and were working without any wages. After the complaint made by the petitioner/accused along with the efforts of Mr. Nirmal Gorana, Convener, NCCEBL, these bonded labourers  were rescued from R.B Placement Agency, Delhi by the district administration authorities. However, he was falsely drawn up as an accused even though his name was not mentioned in the above mentioned FIR. The petitioner had filed two bail applications before the District Court both of which were dismissed by the court.

The third bail application was filed by Advocates Mr. Gunjan Singh, Mr. Arun Kasi  before the Hon'ble High Court of Delhi on 29th May 2019. 

Single Judge bench has  granted bail to the petitioner on 29.05.2019.


Attachments

    https://slic.org.in/uploads/2020/09-September/30-Wed/Dhan%20Bhakta%20DHC%20Bail%20Application-.pdf
    https://slic.org.in/uploads/2020/09-September/30-Wed/29-05-19%20dated%20order.pdf