1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRI.APPLICATION NO. 1787 OF 2009 Mr Bhagvan Arjun Darade .. Applicant Vs State of Maharashtra .. Respondent Mr. Mundargi,Senior Counsel i/b Mr Amol Patankar, Advocate for the Applicant. Mr. J.P.Yagnik, APP, for the Respondent. CORAM : D.B.BHOSALE, J. DATE : 15/06/2009 PC: 1. Heard Mr Mundargi, learned senior counsel for the applicant and Mr Yagnik, learned APP for the respondent. 2. The applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in C.R.No.II-71 of 2009 of A.C.B.Thane and registered at Mumbra Police Station, Dist-Thane. The Anti-Corruption Bureau, Thane has registered the aforementioned offence against the applicant and one police constable under section 7 of the Prevention of Corruption Act. 3. Mr Yagnik, learned APP, on instructions, submits that the applicant has, so far, cooperated with the investigation. They do not need his custody for further interrogation. He, however, T 2 submits that the applicant may be directed to attend the concerned police station as and when called. Having considered the submissions of Mr Yagnik, learned APP and overall facts and circumstances of the case, I am satisfied that custodial interrogation of the applicant is not necessary. Hence, the following order. In the event of arrest, the applicant be released on bail in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or two sureties to make up the said amount, subject to the conditions stipulated in sub-section (2) of Section 438 of Cr.P.C. Further, the applicant is directed to report to the investigating officer as and when called. While passing this order I shall not be understood to have expressed any opinion on merits of the case and the trial Court shall deal with the case uninfluenced by the observations made in this order. Application is disposed of. (D. B. Bhosale, J.) 3