Shrikant Nivruti Mane And ANR. v. The State Of Maharashtra

(912)-BA-3621-21.doc.

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.3621 OF 2021 Digitally signed by BALAJI GOVINDRAO PANCHAL Date:

2021.12.23 15:45:30 +0530 BALAJI GOVINDRAO PANCHAL Shrikant Nivruti Mane and Anr.

..Applicants

Versus

The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr. Ashwin Thool i/by Sushant Mahadik a/w Sakshi Chavan, Himanshu Indise and Mr. Dipankar Kamble, for the Applicants in all Applications.

Ms. A. A. Takalkar, APP for the Respondent - State. Mr. S. G. Hatlekar, API a/w Mr. S. Sondkar, PI - Investigating Offier, Naupada Police Station - present in BA No.3621 of 2021. CORAM : NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.

DATE : 22nd DECEMBER, 2021 P.C.

1.

Counsel for the applicants in all these applications informs that an amount of Rs.10,00,000/- is already deposited in the Registry of this Court and hands over copy of acknowledgment to that effect to the learned APP. He submits that applicants have no objection if the said amount is taken in custody of the Investigating Officer as part of the investigation in the present case. 2.

In the aforesaid background, considering incarceration suffered by the applicants and role attributed to each of them and the fact that the investigation is already complete so far as the applicants involvement is concerned, in my opinion, all these BGP.

(912)-BA-3621-21.doc.

applicants deserve to be released on bail on executing P. R. bond of Rs.15,000/- each with one or more sureties in the like amount in Crime No.185 of 2021 registered with Naupada Police Station for the offence punishable under Sections 188, 420, 465, 468, 471, 120B of IPC, Sections 18A, 24, 27, 28A of the Drugs and Cosmetic Act, Sections 43A and 66C of Information Technology Act and Section 52 of the Disaster Management Act.

3.

Applicants shall neither influence the witnesses in any manner nor tamper with the evidence.

4.

As such, application stands disposed of.

[NITIN W. SAMBRE, J.] BGP.