Varsha W/O Sanjay Jasutkar v. State Of Maharashtra Thr Pso., Ps Dhantoli, Nagpur

IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY

NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR.

CRIMINAL APPLICATION (ABA) NO. 23 OF 2026 (Smt. Varsha w/o Sanjay Jasutkar Vs. State, thr PSO, PS, Dhantoli, Nagpur) ________________________________________________________________ Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court's orders of directions Court's or Judge's orders.

and Registrar's Orders.

Mr. Uday Dable, Advocate for applicant.

Mr. S.B. Bissa, APP for non-applicant/State.

CORAM : M.W. CHANDWANI, J.

DATE : 13.01.2026.

Heard.

2.

The applicant is apprehending arrest in connection with crime No. 508/2025, registered with Police Station, Dhantoli, Nagpur, for the offences punishable under Sections 318(4), 316(5), 316(2), 61(2), 3(5) of Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023 and Section 3 of the Maharashtra Protection of Interest of Depositors Act, 1999. 3.

Issue notice to the non-applicant, returnable on 29.1.2026.

4.

Learned APP waives notice for non-applicant and prays for time to file reply.

5.

The allegations are that the applicant along with other co-accused has induced the informant and other investors to invest money by promising handsome returns in a company named TWJ Associates Pvt Ltd. Accordingly, the

informant and other persons invested the amount. However, after some time, the company failed to give returns including the principal amount. The role assigned to the applicant is that the informant, on the recommendations of applicant, has invested the amount in the said company. 6.

The contention of learned counsel for applicant is that the applicant herself is a victim, since she has also invested the amount in the said company and therefore, the ingredients of the offence of cheating are not made out against the applicant.

7.

Learned APP submitted that the applicant is the mother of the accused, who was running franchise of the said company.

8.

Having heard the learned counsel for applicant and having gone through the FIR; prima facie, it appears that the applicant has also invested some amount in the said company. Whether she had shared common intention or not can only be seen from the case diary which is not available at present. Therefore, a case is made out for anticipatory bail. Hence, the following order:

ORDER

i) Pending application, in the event of arrest, the applicant be released on furnishing a P.R. Bond of Rs. 25000/- and one solvent surety in the like amount.

ii) The applicant shall attend the concerned Police

Station on every Tuesday and Friday, between 10.00 a.m. to 12.00 noon, for two weeks.

iii) The applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall cooperate in the investigation. JUDGE Belkhede