Mangesh Bharat Chogale v. The State Of Maharashtra

AGK

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.2427 OF 2025 Mangesh Bharat Chogale ... Applicant V/s.

The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent Mr. Gaurav Parkar for the applicant.

ATUL GANESH KULKARNI Mrs. Mahalakshmi Ganapathy, APP for the respondentState. ATUL GANESH KULKARNI Date: 2025.09.10 17:18:07 +0530 Mr. Rajesh Khandare, API, Uran Police Station, Navi Mumbai, is present.

CORAM

: AMIT BORKAR, J.

DATED : SEPTEMBER 10, 2025 P.C.:

1.

Leave to amend to add informant as party-respondent No.2. Amendment to be carried out forthwith.

2.

Issue notice to the informant, who has been newly added as respondent No.2, returnable on 22 September 2025. Service of notice is necessary so that the informant is given an opportunity to place his stand on record before any further orders are passed. 3.

At this stage, the Court has perused the allegations made in the First Information Report. Prima facie, the allegations disclose a dispute with regard to the vehicles in question. The applicant has filed an undertaking before this Court stating that he shall repair the vehicles and hand over their custody within four weeks from today. This undertaking shows the applicant's willingness to

cooperate and to mitigate the grievance of the complainant. Keeping in view the nature of the allegations, the fact that the investigation is still in progress, and the undertaking furnished by the applicant, the Court finds it just and proper to grant interim protection to the applicant on certain conditions. 4.

Accordingly, the following order is passed:

a) In the event of arrest of the applicant, namely, Mangesh Bharat Chogale, he shall be released on furnishing a personal bond of Rs.15,000/- (Rupees Fifteen Thousand only) with one surety of the like amount. He shall also affix his recent self-attested photograph on the bond to the satisfaction of the investigating officer.

b) The applicant shall extend full cooperation to the investigating officer and shall remain present for interrogation as and when required.

c) The applicant shall not, either directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat, or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case. He shall not attempt to dissuade any witness from disclosing such facts either to the police or to the Court.

d) The applicant shall not obstruct or hamper the ongoing police investigation. He shall not tamper with the evidence already collected or that which may be collected during the course of investigation.

e) At the time of execution of the bond, the applicant shall furnish his residential address and mobile number to the investigating officer as well as the concerned Court. He shall not change his residence during the pendency of the proceedings without prior intimation to the investigating officer and the Court.

5.

List the anticipatory bail application for further consideration on 22 September 2025.

(AMIT BORKAR, J.)