Deepen Dilip Shah v. Union of India & Anr.

S/Shri Girish Kulkarni i/b M.G. Shukla for the Applicant. Shri Ejaz Khan, Senior PP, for the CBI. Ms P.P. Bhosale, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: JANUARY 19, 2012 P.C:

The learned counsel for the applicant states that his client is ready to make a statement under Section 164 of Cr.P.C. before a Magistrate. In view of this, at this stage it is not clear as to why the applicant's being in custody may be necessary. Therefore, in the event of the applicant(cid:25) s arrest in FIR No. 4/E/2010 dated 27-8-2010 registered with the CBI-EOW, Mumbai, the applicant be released on bail on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of `1,00,000/- with one or more solvent sureties aggregating `1,00,000/- on the condition that the applicant shall report at the office of the CBI-EOW initially on 23-1-2012 at 11:00 a.m. for 2 ABA-1037.11 interrogation and thereafter as and when required by the I.O., and shall also appear before the Magistrate as and when the CBI arranges for his statement being recorded.

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 he 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