Anticipatory bail application under Sections 420, 406, 384 etc. IPC; applicant protected ad-interim since March 2020 and charge-sheeted in 2021. State conceded cooperation and no need for custody. Interim pre-arrest bail confirmed on a Rs.50,000 bond with conditions to attend the police station as directed and not influence witnesses.
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IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO.636 OF 2020
Prakashmal Bastimal Lodha ... Applicant v/s. State of Maharashtra ... Respondent
Mr. Rushikesh Bhagat, a/w. Mr. Rohit P. Mahadik, i/b. Khandeparkar & Associates, for the Applicant.
Mr. Kiran Shinde, APP, for Respondent State.
Mr. Nitin Jaysing Redekar, Police Head Constable, Shahuwadi Police Station, Kolhapur.
CORAM : R.N. LADDHA, J.
DATE : 19 MARCH 2024
P.C. :
. On 16 March 2020, this Court issued an ad-interim order granting pre-arrest bail to the applicant for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 419, 417, 406, 384, 467, 468, 114, 506 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code. The applicant has been under interim protection for over four years. The charge-sheet has already been filed in 2021.
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applicant is co-operating with the investigation and his custodial interrogation is not necessary. As such, the ad-interim protection has now been confirmed.
ORDER
(i) If the applicant is arrested in connection with C.R. No.376 of 2019, registered with Rajarampuri Police Station, Kolhapur, for the offences punishable under Sections 420, 419, 417, 406, 384, 467, 468, 114, 506 r/w. 34 of the Indian Penal Code, he be released on bail on executing a P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.50,000/- with one or more sureties in the like amount;
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1 issue framed by the court
Whether anticipatory bail should be granted to the applicant for IPC offences given four years of interim protection, filed charge-sheet, and cooperation with investigation?
1 provisions across 1 enactments
Prakashmal Bastimal Lodha
State of Maharashtra
R.N. Laddha
As recorded by the court registry
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