bsb IN IN IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRI. CRI. CRI. APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI. CRI. CRI. APPLICATION NO. 701 OF 2008 APPLICATION NO. 701 OF 2008 APPLICATION NO. 701 OF 2008 Smt. Vaijayanti Anappa Gadiyar ... Applicant v/s The State of Maharashtra (through Anti-Corruption Bureau, Mumbai)... Respondent Mr. Amarendra Mishra for the applicant. Mrs.A.T.Zaveri, A.P.P. for the respondent State. CORAM: CORAM: CORAM: SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J. DATED: DATED: DATED: 28TH MARCH, 2008. 28TH MARCH, 2008. 28TH MARCH, 2008. P.C. P.C. P.C.: 1. This application has been filed for return of articles seized from the locker No.67 of Canara Bank, Borivali (West) Branch, Mumbai. The applicant has also prayed for return of the keys of the locker to her. 2. The applicant is the mother of the accused Prakash Gadiyar. The accused has been prosecuted and the case is registered against him under Section 13(1)(d) of the Prevention of Corruption Act read with Sections 465, 468, 471, 420, 120-B and 109 of the Indian Penal Code, alongwith his partners in a firm known as M/s.Siddhivinayak Construction. The applicant is not 2 concerned with the business of the firm nor is she a partner of the firm. 3. The State has filed an affidavit of Vasant Narayan Pingale, Assistant Commissioner of Police, presently attached to Anti Corruption Bureau, Mumbai. There is an annexure to this affidavit indicating that the gold ornaments in the locker are worth Rs.9,05,740/-. 4. In these circumstances, it would be appropriate to allow the prayers sought by the applicant, on the following conditions: (i) The applicant shall furnish a personal bond of Rs.9,50,000/- before the Sessions Court within two weeks from the date this order communicated to the Sessions Court. (ii) The applicant shall keep the articles intact and produce the gold ornaments whenever the Court requires her to do so. 5. Application disposed of accordingly. 3 (SMT.NISHITA (SMT.NISHITA (SMT.NISHITA MHATRE, J.) MHATRE, J.) MHATRE, J.)