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Though there was a delay of 8 months in filing the complaint, Court held that it was inclined to grant bail considering the nature of the offence and strong similar antecedents of petitioner and stage of the investigation.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Bench expressed that,<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #008000;\">Granting of bail to the petitioner at this stage may affect smooth progress of the investigation and possibility of the petitioner influencing the witnesses and interfering with the investigation cannot be ruled out.<\/span><strong style=\"font-family: -apple-system, BlinkMacSystemFont, 'Segoe UI', Roboto, Oxygen-Sans, Ubuntu, Cantarell, 'Helvetica Neue', sans-serif;\">\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Therefore, in view of the above reasoning, the petition was dismissed. [Sujeesh v. 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