Azharuddin Gayasuddin Khan S/O Gayasuddin Khan v. The State Of Maharashtra

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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.3570 OF 2024 Azharuddin Gayasuddin Khan S/o Gayasuddin Khan ... Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ----- Mr. Ashok M. Saraogi a/w Amit Dubey, Abdullah Shaikh, P. Qureshi, Priti Rao for the Applicant.

Ms. Rutuja Ambekar, APP for the Respondent-State. API Shantaram Naik, Pydhonie PS is present.

----- CORAM :

N.R. BORKAR, J.

DATE :

17TH DECEMBER 2025 P.C. :

Digitally signed by MUGDHA MANOJ PARANJAPE Date:

2025.12.25 15:19:57 +0530 MUGDHA MANOJ PARANJAPE 1.

Mentioned out of turn.

2.

This is an Application for anticipatory bail. 3.

The Applicant is apprehending his arrest in Crime No.877 of 2024 registered with Pydhonie Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 465, 420, 419 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860. 4.

It is the case of the prosecution that there is a matrimonial dispute between the first informant and his wife. As such, there is a case pending before the Learned Metropolitan Magistrate, 17th Court at Borivali. It is alleged that on 22nd June 2024, the wife of the first informant filed a bank account statement of the first informant in the said Court. Upon inquiry at his bank, the first informant found out that the present Applicant had submitted a request form for the said bank account statement, by forging the signature of the first informant.

Mugdha

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Learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that the Applicant has nothing to do with the alleged crime and false allegations are made against him. It is submitted that there are no other criminal antecedents against the present Applicant. It is further submitted that the prosecution has already filed chargesheet against the present Applicant. 6.

On the other hand, Learned APP for the Respondent-State submits that considering the nature of crime, the Applicant may not be released on anticipatory bail.

7.

The chargesheet has already been filed against the Applicant. Thus there is no need of custodial interrogation. There are no other criminal antecedents against the Applicant. Considering the overall facts and circumstances, I am inclined to release the Applicant on anticipatory bail. Hence, the following order:-

ORDER

i.

The Anticipatory Bail Application is allowed. ii.

In the event of the arrest of the Applicant in Crime No.877 of 2024 registered with Pydhonie Police Station for the offences punishable under Sections 465, 420, 419 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860, he shall be released on bail on furnishing a PR Bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- (Rupees Twenty Five Thousand Only) with one or two sureties in the like amount. 8.

The Anticipatory Bail Application is disposed of in the aforesaid terms.

(N.R. BORKAR, J.) Mugdha