Mrs. Sushila Indermal Kothari v. The State

Shri A.M. Moorthy for the Applicant. Smt. V.R. Bhosale, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JANUARY 24, 2012 P.C:

This is an application for anticipatory bail by a trustee of a temple who is alleged to have torn a photograph of a respected person and was caught doing so in the CCTV footage of the camera fixed in the temple. Considering the nature of the allegations as well as the nature of the evidence already collected, the learned APP, on instructions from the I.O., states that the applicant's being in custody for the purpose of investigation is not necessary.

In view of the above, in the event of the applicant(cid:25) s arrest in C.R. No.6 of 2012 of D.B. Marg Police Station, Mumbai, the applicant be released on bail on her furnishing P.R. Bond 2 ABA-51.12 in the sum of `5,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to `5,000/- on the condition that the applicant shall report at the police station concerned as and when required by the I.O..

The applicant shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer and she shall not leave the country without the prior permission of the trial Court.

This order shall remain in force till the trial is over with the only stipulation that if charge-sheeted, the applicant may furnish fresh bonds before the trial Court in view of the Judgment of the Supreme Court in Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra & Ors., reported in AIR 2011 SC

The application accordingly stands disposed of.

(R.C. CHAVAN, J.)