Dilip Chandrakant Thakur v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION BAIL APPLICATION NO.1646 OF 2015 Dilip Chandrakant Thakur ... Applicant Vs The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr.A.S.Khandeparkar a/w Mr.Lokesh Zade, i/b Khandeparkar and Associates, for the Applicant.

Ms.P.P.Shinde, APP for the Respondent - State. CORAM : REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.

DATE : 31st AUGUST, 2015 P.C. :

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Heard the learned counsel for the Applicant and the learned APP for the Respondent-State.

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By this application, the applicant seeks his enlargement on bail in connection with C.R.No.3007 of 2015 registered with the Sindhudurg Nagari Police Station, Sindhudurg, for the alleged offences punishable under Sections 7, 13(1)(d) and 13(2) of Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 and Section 201 of the Indian Penal Code.

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The Applicant at the relevant time was working as a Talathi at Malgaon, Taluka Malvan, District - Sindhudurg. The complaint has been lodged by one Dayanand Vasant Anaokar. It is alleged by the complainant that the present applicant stopped the complainant's dumper for overloading of sand and instead of imposing a fine on the complainant, the applicant is alleged to have sought illegal gratification. The Applicant is alleged to have agreed to accept a sum of Rs.15,000/-. Pursuant thereto, the complainant approached the office of the Anti Corruption Bureau and lodged a written complaint against the Applicant, pursuant to which a trap was laid and the applicant was caught red handed accepting the said sum of Rs.15,000/-. 4.

The applicant has been in custody since the date of his arrest i.e. from 14th August, 2015. The Applicant is enlarged on bail on the following terms and conditions :-

ORDER

i) The Applicant is enlarged on bail on furnishing P.R.Bond in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount ;

3/3 ii) The Applicant shall not tamper with the evidence and shall not pressurize the complainant or other witnesses ; iii) The Applicant shall co-operate in the conduct of the trial and shall attend the concerned Court on every date of the hearing. 8.

The Application is allowed and disposed of in above terms. 9.

Needless to observe, that the learned Judge shall decide the case on its own merits uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. 10.

Parties to act on the authenticated copy of this order. REVATI MOHITE DERE, J.