Bombay High CourtABA/171/2018anticipatory bail granted

Rekha Sanjay Pardeshi v. The State Of Maharashtra

2018-02-24Hon'Ble Shri Justice A.S. Gadkari2 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 171 OF 2018 Smt. Rekha Sanjay Pardeshi ... Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ----- Mr. Subhash Jha a/w Harikrishna Mishra i/b Law Global for the Applicant. Mr. S.S. Hulke, APP for the Respondent/State. CORAM : A.S.GADKARI, J.

DATE : 24th FEBRUARY, 2018 P.C.:

The Applicant was granted interim relief by an Order dated 01.02.2018. Heard the Learned Counsel for the Applicant, the learned APP and perused the record of investigation.

It is the allegation against the Applicant that on an earlier occasion, she had signed 4 passport forms and assisted her husband in transporting two minor children to France. The said fact is revealed in the investigation of the present crime.

Prima facie it appears that, in the present crime the Applicant has not played any role. The documents allegedly signed by the Applicant have already been taken into custody by the police.

After perusing the record of investigation and in view of the peculiar facts Sneha Chavan 1/2

21 aba 171-18=.doc of the present case, this Court is of the view that custodial interrogation of the Applicant in the present crime is not necessary and she can be granted pre-arrest bail.

Hence, the following order:

i) In the event of arrest of the Applicant in C.R. No. 17 of 2017 registered with DCB CID, Unit-V, Mumbai, the Applicant shall be released on bail on his furnishing PR Bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two solvent local sureties in the like amount.

ii) Applicant shall attend the Investigating Officer as and when called for between 10.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m. after receipt of the notice under Section 160 of the Cr.P.C. and to join the process of investigation till the submission of final report.

iii) Applicant shall not tamper with the evidence and/or pressurize or threaten the prosecution witnesses.

iv) Application is allowed in the aforesaid terms. (A.S.GADKARI, J.) Sneha Chavan 2/2