BA-945-11.sxw 1 Dixit IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.945 OF 2011 Prasanna Ishwar Rao ... Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra, Thru’ Nerul Police Station, Navi Mumbai ... Respondent Mr. Prakash Shetty for the Applicant. Mrs. S.D. Shinde, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM:- A.M. THIPSAY, J. DATED :- 6 TH JULY, 2011. P.C. : 1. Heard. 2. One Sagar Kumar Patel had gone to the State Bank of India with an amount of Rs.10,000/-, consisting of currency notes of the denomination of Rs.500/-, seeking transfer of the said amount to the account of one Vidya Sagar Sharma at Bihar. The employee of the Bank suspected twelve, out of the said twenty, currency notes to be counterfeit. The said Sagar Kumar Patel was apprehended and when he was interrogated, he submitted that the amount which he had brought to the Bank comprised of his salary received by him from the present Applicant, who is a Contractor. BA-945-11.sxw 2 Dixit 3. Mr. Shetty, the learned Advocate for the Applicant, submits that the amount had been withdrawn by the Applicant from Tamilnadu Mercantile Bank. This appears to be correct from the investigation that has been carried out. 4. It is also submitted that the Applicant has made payment to some other persons also, apart from the said Sagar Kumar Patel, but none of the currency notes given by him to the other persons are found to be counterfeit. 5. The investigation is over. Charge-sheet has already been filed. There are no antecedents. 6. Under the circumstances, I am inclined to release the Applicant on bail. 7. The Bail Application is allowed. 8. The Applicant is ordered to be released on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/-, with one surety in like amount, or two sureties in the sum of Rs.12,500/- each. [A.M. THIPSAY, J.]