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Chandrakant Manohar Karanje And ORS v. The State Of Maharashtra

2020-03-20Hon'Ble Shri Justice Sandeep Kashinath Shinde3 pages

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 695 OF 2020 Chandrakant Manohar Karanje and Ors.

.Applicants ...

v/s.

The State of Maharashtra .Respondent ...

**** Mr. Sachin H. Deokar, Advocate for the applicants. Mr. S.S. Pednekar, APP for the State.

CORAM : SANDEEP K. SHINDE, J.

Friday, 20 th March, 2020.

P.C. :

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Heard.

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Learned Counsel for the applicants, on instructions, does not press the application on behalf of applicant no.3(Sachin) .

3.

The applicants are seeking pre-arrest bail in connection with Crime No.35/2020

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This Court, vide order dated 27th February, 2020 passed in Anticipatory Bail Application No. 490/2020 had granted pre-arrest bail to Ajit Chandrakant Karanje (co-accused in the subject crime).

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I have perused the order and the FIR. The role attributed to Ajit Karanje and to the applicants no.1 and 2 is the same. In view of this fact, the application is allowed and hence the following order :

(i) In the event of arrest of the applicants no.1 and 2 in C.R. No.35/2020 registered with Shikrapur Police Station, they shall be released on bail on furnishing P.R. Bond of Rs.25,000/- (Rs. Twenty Five Thousand only) each with one or two sureties in the like sum.

(ii) Applicants no.1 and 2 shall report to the

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(iii) Applicants no.1 and 2 shall furnish the particulars of their place of residence and contact details to the Investigating Officer of the Police Station concerned within seven days from today.

(iv) Applicants no.1 and 2 shall not tamper with the evidence or attempt to influence or contact the complainant, witnesses or any person concerned with the case.

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It is made clear that observations made hereinabove shall be construed as expression of opinion only for the purpose of granting bail and the same shall not in any way influence the trial in other proceedings.

(SANDEEP K. SHINDE, J.)