1 ABA 74 OF 2011 vks IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.74 OF 2011 Shri. Surender Shantilal Pitti .. Applicant -versus The State of Maharashtra and anr .. Respondents. Mr. A. H. H. Ponda, for the Applicant. Mrs. P. P. Bhosale, APP for the Respondent State. Mr. Mandar Goswami, for CBI. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: 7th February, 2011 P.C. 1. The applicant who has been arrested on 7th January, 2011 in connection with attempt to bribe the public servant at which the applicant was caught alongwith bribe giver and bribe taker, seeks bail. The applicant's role is only shifting a bag containing currency notes from the car of bribe giver to the car of bribe taker. 2. Learned Public Prosecutor for the CBI submits that since the applicant is influential person in business from Jalna and the possibility of tampering with the witnesses cannot be ruled out. However, this can be taken care of by imposing some stringent conditions on the applicant. In view of this the applicant be released on bail on furnishing PR Bond in the sum of Rs.1,00,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the 2 ABA 74 OF 2011 aggregate sum of Rs.1,00,000/- on the following conditions : i) The applicant himself shall scrupulously keep away from the prosecution witnesses. ii) The applicant shall report at the office of CBI, Pune on every Monday at 10.00 a.m. till filing of the chargesheet . iii) 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 from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer; iv) The applicant shall not leave India without the previous permission of the trial Court. (R. C. CHAVAN, J.)