(1) Criminal Application No. 4055 of 2011 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, AURANGABAD BENCH, AT AURANGABAD. Criminal Application No. 4055 of 2011 Tukaram s/o. Narayan Murtadak, Age : 52 years, Occupation : Service, R/o. Revenue Colony, Kopargaon, District : Ahmednagar. .. Applicant. versus The State of Maharashtra. .. Respondent. ....................... Mr. N.S. Ghanekar, Advocate, holding for Mr. V.D. Hon, Advocate, for the applicant. Mr. D.R. Korde, Additional Public Prosecutor, for the respondent. ........................ CORAM : SHRIHARI P. DAVARE, J. DATE : 19TH SEPTEMBER 2011 (2) Criminal Application No. 4055 of 2011 COURT'S ORDER : 1. Perused the investigation papers which were made available for inspection purpose, and also heard learned respective Counsel for the parties, finally. 2. This is an application preferred by the applicant seeking regular bail in connection with C.R. No. 3020/2011 (FIR No. II-20/2011), registered at Kopargaon Police Station, for the offences punishable under Sections 7, 13(1)(d), read with Section 13(2) of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988. 3. It appears that the crime has been registered against the applicant on the complaint lodged by the complainant, namely, Ravindra s/o. Raghunath Budhwant, on 12th September 2011. The applicant, who was serving as Talathi of village Kolpewadi (Taluka : Kopargaon, District : Ahmednagar), was arrested on the same day. It is submitted that the alleged bribe amount of Rs. 2,500/- has been already recovered as well as necessary panchanamas have been also drawn. Moreover, statements of some of the witnesses have been recorded, and reportedly, investigation has been almost completed. Hence, considering the aforesaid position, applicant deserves to be (3) Criminal Application No. 4055 of 2011 enlarged on bail on certain conditions. 4. In the result, present Criminal Application is allowed, and it is directed that the applicant, namely, Tukaram s/o. Narayan Murtadak, be released on bail, in connection with C.R. No. 3020/2011 (FIR No. II-20/2011), registered at Kopargaon Police Station, on furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs. 15,000/- with one surety in the like amount, on following conditions : (i) Applicant shall give attendance before the concerned investigator, once in a week i.e. on every Saturday, between 10.00 a.m. to 01.00 p.m., for a period of two months from today, and thereafter, as and when required, and shall cooperate in the investigation, and (ii) applicant shall not influence upon the witnesses and/or tamper with the evidence, in any manner whatsoever, directly or indirectly. 5. Present Criminal Application stands disposed of finally. (4) Criminal Application No. 4055 of 2011 6. However, it is made clear that the above observations are prima facie in nature, and same shall be restricted to this order only and shall not be used in any other matter while deciding it on merits. 7. Parties to act upon authenticated copy of this order duly certified by Court Shirastedar. ( SHRIHARI P. DAVARE ) JUDGE ......................... bgp/ka4055