Vimal Barot v. State of Maharashtra
Case brief
What is this about?
Bail-condition relaxation — Bombay High Court, Criminal Appellate Side, single judge (Shivkumar Dige, J.), 4 April 2025. Keywords: interim application; cash bail Rs.1,00,000/-; surety condition relaxed; substituted by deposit of Rs.5,00,000/- (inclusive of amount already deposited) plus P.R. Bond of same amount before trial Court; four weeks for deposit in each matter; offences under Sections 409, 465, 467, 468, 471, 420 and 120-B IPC; EOW Mumbai (Ravindra Wani, API, present); Applicant Vimal Barot / Vimal Jadhavji Barot; Respondent State of Maharashtra (APP Shahaji Shinde, 'B' Panel, with S. M. Mangaonkar); Applicant's counsel Sandeep R. Karnik with Vishwajeet Nimbalkar; connected matters: IA(ST) 1300/2024 in Crl. W.P. 352/2016, IA 1010/2024 in Cr. Appln. 249/2023, IA 1009/2024 in Cr. Appln. 260/2023; all applications allowed and disposed of.
What did the court decide?
Surety condition relaxed in lieu of furnishing a personal surety: the Applicant is to deposit Rs.5,00,000/- (inclusive of the Rs.1,00,000/- already deposited) as surety amount and execute a P.R. Bond of the same amount before the trial Court, with four weeks' time granted for the deposit in each of the connected matters; all applications allowed and disposed of.