1 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR Criminal Application No. 1509 of 2010 Bhupendrasingh Manjitsingh Makhan ..VERSUS.. State of Maharashtra, through P.S.O., P.S., Nandanwan, Nagpur Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, Appearances, Courts orders or directions Court’s or Judge’s orders and Registrar’s orders. Mr. R.M.Patwardhan, Advocate for the applicant Mrs. A.R.Taywade, A.P.P. for the respondent-State. CORAM : Prasanna B. Varale, J. DATED : 26 th Octo ber , 2010 . Heard. By this application, the applicant is seeking anticipatory bail in Crime No. 3149/2010 registered with Police Station, Nandanwan, Nagpur for the offences punishable under Section 3 & 7 of Essential Commodities Act. After noticing that this Court is not inclined to grant anticipatory bail, learned counsel for the applicant prays for bail after opportunity of custodial interrogation for four days is granted. He states that the applicant is ready and willing to surrender before the Investigation Officer. In view of the above, applicant shall surrender before the Investigating Officer on or before 30/10/2010. Upon such surrender by the applicant/accused, the I.O. shall obtain appropriate remand order and interrogate the applicant in custody for about four days for collecting specimen signatures, hand-writing, documents and for any other discovery/recovery as the case may be and after expiry of four days, the applicant shall be released upon executing P.R. bond in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or more sureties in the like amount. 2 The applicant will continue to cooperate with I.O. till charge sheet is filed. He will not tamper with prosecution evidence. He will make himself available for interrogation as and when required by the I.O. Applicant shall not misuse the liberty of bail. The applicant shall leave his fixed address with telephone/cellphone number (if any) to the I.O. and shall communicate change therein, if any, in future. Application stands disposed of accordingly. Hamdast permitted. JUDGE Diwale