Geeta W/O Manohar Matte v. State of Maharashtra Thr Investigation Officer Nagpur Cyber Ps Dist. Nagpur
Case brief
What is this about?
Anticipatory-bail (ABA 58/2026) ad-interim protection granted 28.01.2026 by M.W. Chandwani J., Bombay HC Nagpur Bench, to Geeta w/o Manohar Matte, Principal of a Nagpur upper primary school, apprehending arrest in Nagpur Cyber Police Station Crime No. 24/2025 (alleged Shalarth ID scam) for offences under Ss. 319(2), 318(4), 338, 336(3), 340(1), 340(2) Bhartiya Nyaya Sanhita 2023 r/w S. 66(c) Information Technology Act 2000. Relief: release on arrest on PR bond Rs.25,000/- with one solvent surety of like amount; condition of reporting at police station every Monday and Thursday for two weeks and cooperation in investigation. Key points: Education Officer approval of 6 teachers marked 'X'; case-diary not available; notice to State returnable 10.02.2026; advocates P.S Dhenge (applicant), S.B. Bissa APP (State).
What did the court decide?
Ad-interim order (not final disposal): pending the anticipatory-bail application, the applicant, if arrested, is to be released on a PR bond of Rs.25,000/- with one solvent surety of the like amount in Crime No. 24/2025, subject to appearing at the concerned police station every Monday and Thursday for the next two weeks and cooperating in the investigation; notice issued to the non-applicant, returnable on 10.2.2026.