Kumar Murlidhar Jagtap v. Meera Jitendra Pansare And ANR.

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 342 OF 2014 Kumar Murlidhar Jagtap .. Applicant v/s.

Smt. Meera Jitendra Pansare & Anr.

..Respondents Ms. Manjiri Parasnis for the applicant Mrs. R.V. Newton, APP for respondent State CORAM: SMT. ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, J.

DATED: 28th AUGUST, 2015.

P.C.

1.

Heard.

2.

The applicant herein has been convicted for the offence punishable under Section 138 of the N.I. Act and sentenced to suffer imprisonment for 6 months and fine of Rs.60,000/-. The appeal filed against the said judgment has been dismissed by the learned Sessions Judge, Pune.

3.

Aggrieved by the said order, the applicant has filed revision Uday S. Jagtap

342-14-appln=.doc and during the pendency of the revision, has applied for bail. The learned Counsel for the applicant submits that the applicant has paid total amount of Rs.1,10,000/- to the complainant i.e. respondent no.2. She has placed on record copies of the applications at Exhibits 35, 37, 40, 41, 46, 49, 50, 53 and 54 to substantiate her contention. The said amount was tendered to the complainant during the pendency of the appeal. 4.

Considering the fact that the applicant has already paid more than the fine amount to the complainant, the applicant is granted bail. The application is allowed in terms of prayer clause (a), on the condition that the applicant shall furnish bail bonds for Rs.10,000/- with one surety in the like amount. (ANUJA PRABHUDESSAI, J.) Uday S. Jagtap