Ashok Manimohan Choudhury And ANR v. The State Of Maharashtra
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.61 OF 2015 Ashok Manimohan Choudhury and Another ...Applicants vs.
State of Maharashtra
...Respondent
Mr. M.K. Kocharekar, Advocate for the Applicants.
Ms. A.T. Javeri, APP for the State.
CORAM : P.D. KODE, J.
DATE : JANUARY 14, 2015 P.C.
1.
The learned counsel for applicants has submitted that instead of pressing an application for pre arrest bail, he is making limited request for granting reasonable time to the applicants to surrender before the trial Court and pray for bail and in the meanwhile protecting them on the conditions deemed fit and proper by this Court and giving appropriate direction to the learned 1/3
Magistrate to decide the application for bail at the earliest preferably on the same day.
2.
Request being made for surrendering before the Court of Law which would facilitate earlier completion of investigation of crime in question, request deserves consideration.
3.
As informed the applicants to surrender before the trial/remand Court on or before 21-012015 by 11.00 a.m. In the meanwhile, the applicants to stay at the addresses mentioned in the application and to attend the investigating officer everyday in between 11.00 am to 1.00 pm. and not directly or indirectly make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the accusation against them so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the investigating officer and witnesses and not to misuse the protection granted by this order for 2/3
fleeing away or for any other oblique purpose. 4.
In the said premises, the investigating officer of C.R. No. 154 of 2014 registered with Shahapur police station, Thane for the offence punishable under section 420 read with 34 of Indian Penal Code not to take coercive steps of arrest against the applicants uptil 21-01-2015 by 11 a.m. 5.
The trial Court to decide the application for bail if preferred by the applicants after their surrender in accordance with the law as expeditiously as possible and preferably on the same day subject to 24 hours advance copy of the same with the stipulation of date and time of surrender being served upon the other side.
Application stands disposed of.
(P.D. KODE, J.) 3/3