Single bench order relaxing a monthly police station attendance condition imposed on an appellant seeking bail, modifying it to occur once every six months due to employment difficulties.
Condition No.3 requiring monthly police station attendance was relaxed to once every six months between 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., till the conclusion of the trial.
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60-IA-776-2023.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 776 OF 2023
IN
CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO. 1651 OF 2019
Sachin Ashok Gupta ...Applicant
Versus
The State Of Maharashtra ...Respondent
Mr. Ms. Kinjal Khandelwal i/by Mr. S. G. Rajput Advocate for
Applicant.
Mr. A. A. Palkar, APP for Respondent-State.
Digitally signed ETHAPE by ETHAPEDNYANESHWAR DNYANESHWAR ASHOK ASHOK Date: 2023.10.12 09:15:55 +0530
CORAM :SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.
DATE :10th OCTOBER, 2023
P.C.:
1. Learned Counsel for the Applicant submits that this Court
(Coram: Revati Mohite Dere, J.) by order dated 13th August 2019 has
granted bail to the Applicant. While passing the order, this Court has
imposed the condition that, the Applicant shall attend the concerned
Police Station on the first Saturday of every month, between 10:00
am to 11:00 a.m., till the conclusion of the trial. Learned Counsel for
the Applicant further submits that the Applicant working in company
and it is difficult to him to attend the Police Station and Court
regularly as the trial has commenced. Hence, requested to
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relax/modify the condition.
2. Learned APP strongly objected to allow the application.
3. I have heard both learned Counsels.
4. Admittedly, the trial has commenced and only one witness is
examined. The Applicant is working in company.
5. In view of the above, the condition No.3 imposed by this Court (Coram: Revati Mohite Dere, J.) by order dated 13th August 2019 is relaxed/modified as under:
“(iii)Applicant shall attend the concerned Police Station once in a six months on any Saturday between 10:00 a.m. to 11:00 a.m., till the conclusion of the trial.”6. Application is allowed in the aforesaid terms.
[SHIVKUMAR DIGE, J.]
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether the bail condition requiring monthly police station attendance can be relaxed given the applicant's employment and commencement of trial.
Sachin Ashok Gupta
The State Of Maharashtra
Shivkumar Dige
As recorded by the court registry
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