Rizwan Sayyed Sadiq Patel v. Central Bureau Of Investigation And ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION INTERIM APPLICATION NO.2295 OF 2022 IN INTERIM APPLICATION NO.1233 OF 2022 IN CRIMINAL APPEAL NO.392 OF 2022 Rizwan Sayyed Sadiq Patel .... Applicant versus Central Bureau of Investigation & Anr.

.... Respondents .......

• Mr. Vinay Bhanushali, Advocate for Applicant. • Mr. Kuldeep S. Patil, Advocate for CBI/Respondent No.1. • Smt. M. R. Tidke, APP for the State/Respondent No.2.

CORAM

: SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.

DATE : 23rd NOVEMBER, 2022 P.C. :

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The Applicant was convicted and sentenced by Special Judge (CBI) for Greater Bombay, vide his Judgment and Order dated 23/02/2022 passed in CBI Special Case No.100 of 1999. The Applicant was the original accused No.4 in that case and he Digitally signed by MANUSHREE V NESARIKAR Date:

2022.11.25 11:27:40 +0530 was convicted and sentenced u/s 420, 120-B, 465, 471, 467 of MANUSHREE V NESARIKAR the Indian Penal Code. Besides the substantive sentences, under Nesarikar

2 / 3 different heads of the offences he was sentenced to pay fine amount totalling to Rs.32,50,000/-.

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The Applicant challenged that order vide Criminal Appeal No.392 of 2022. That Appeal is admitted by this Court. He was also granted bail by this Court vide order dated 27/04/2022 passed in Interim Application No.1233 of 2022 and Interim Application No.1234 of 2022 in Criminal Appeal No.392 of 2022. While granting him bail he was permitted to furnish cash bail of Rs.25,000/- for a period of 8 weeks from the date of that order i.e. from 27/04/2022. Further concession was granted to him to pay lesser amount of fine till final disposal of the Appeal. The total fine amount which was directed to be paid vide that order was Rs.1,45,000/-.

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The present application is filed with a prayer that time to furnish surety be extended by 8 weeks.

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Learned counsel for the Applicant submitted that since he could not arrange for Rs.1,45,000/- as the fine amount and as he could not deposit it before the trial Court, his sureties were not accepted. He has now arranged to make payment of fine of Rs.1,45,000/-. He has the Demand Draft ready and he would deposit it in the trial Court within a period of one week from today. The statement is recorded and accepted. Based on this statement, the time to furnish surety is extended by further period of 8 weeks from today.

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Learned counsel for the Respondent No.1 has no objection for passing this order.

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With these observations the application is disposed of. (SARANG V. KOTWAL, J.)