Case brief
What is this about?
Bombay High Court grants regular bail to Dilip Lalchand Pardeshi in Crime No. 198/2024 (Malegaon Chhavani Police Station, Nashik Rural) for cheating, forgery and related offences (IPC Sections 420, 467, 468, 471, 201, 120-B r/w 34) stemming from an allegedly forged Relinquishment Deed dated 21.03.2012 over ancestral property; applicant alleged to have bought the stamp paper and identified the impersonator; decisive factors: applicant not beneficiary of the deed, nine months in jail, no criminal antecedents; PR bond Rs.25,000 with one or two sureties; monthly police-station attendance (first Saturday, 11 a.m.-1 p.m.) till trial concludes.
What did the court decide?
Release on bail in connection with Crime No. 198 of 2024 registered at Malegaon Chhavani Police Station, District Nashik (Rural), on executing a P.R. Bond of Rs.25,000/- with one or two sureties in the like amount; applicant to attend the concerned police station once a month on the first Saturday between 11:00 a.m. and 1:00 p.m. till conclusion of trial.