Ravi Deshmukh @ Rakesh Ram Milan Gupta v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 795 OF 2017 Ravi Deshmukh @ Rakesh Ram Milan Gupta ....Applicant.

Vs.

The State of Maharashtra ....Respondent.

Mr. V.V. Purwant, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. Ameet Pulkar, APP, for the Respondent-State. CORAM : A. S. GADKARI, J.

DATE : 27th JUNE, 2018.

P.C.:- 1) This is an application for modification of condition No.3 imposed upon the applicant while releasing him on bail in Bail Application No. 1000 of 2017 by the learned Additional Sessions Judge-7, Thane by its order dated 26th April, 2017. 2) By the said condition, the applicant is directed to deposit Rs.10 lakhs with the Trial Court. The learned counsel for the applicant submitted that despite there being an order of granting bail to the applicant dated 26/4/2017, the applicant is still languishing in jail as he could not comply the said onerous condition. The learned counsel, on instructions, from the relatives of the applicant submitted that the applicant is in a position to deposit a maximum sum of Rs.5 lakhs in the Registry of the Trial Court as per the directions issued by the 1/2

Ladda 218-apl-795-17.doc impugned order dated 26/4/2017. He further submitted that the applicant will deposit the said amount within a period of one week from today. The said statement is accepted. 3) In view of the above, the said condition No.3 is hereby modified and the applicant is directed to deposit a sum of Rs.5 lakhs (Rupees Five Lakhs) in the Registry of the Trial Court instead of Rs.10 (Rupees Ten Lakhs). It is made clear that deposit of the said amount shall be condition precedent for actual release of the applicant from jail.

4) The application is allowed in the aforesaid terms. (A.S. GADKARI, J.) 2/2