1 APPP 127-2011 Anand IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.127 OF 2011 IN CRIMINAL BAIL APPLICATION NO.339 OF 2011 Jeremy Mahen Chanmugam ..Applicant V/s. The State of Maharashtra ..Respondent Mr.Amit Desai with Mr.Shiraz Rustomjee, Ms Sartaj Shaikh and Mr.G. Shenoy, Advocate, for the Applicant Ms Alpa T. Javeri, APP, for the Respondent  State Mr.Grum, Addl. Director, CBI, Interpole, New Delhi CORAM : R.C.CHAVAN, J. DATE : 22ND MARCH, 2011 P.C. . The applicant may furnish fresh sureties. The learned Magistrate may accept sureties provisionally and see that the solvency of surety is verified, without refunding a cash security which has been furnished. Without refunding a cash security which has been furnished. After the solvency of the sureties is verified, cash security may 2 APPP 127-2011 be released. Time to do this exercise is extended by a period of two weeks. The learned Magistrate may refer para 14 of Chapter 1 of the Criminal Manual which clearly shows that the production of a solvency certificate from the Revenue Authorities is not always essential and may be insisted upon only in cases of doubt and cases involving large sums. Sub-para 4 of the same para clarifies that insistence upon the possession of immovable property by sureties in bonds of small amounts not exceeding Rs.15,000/- would cause serious inconvenience to the accused in procuring a surety. Thus a sum below Rs. 15,000/- would be a small sum. If the applicant furnishes more sureties aggregating a sum of Rs.1,00,000/- which has been ordered, there should be no occasion to seek solvency certificates if the sureties are for a sum of less than Rs.15,000/- each. The Registry may also bring it to the notice of the Collector, Mumbai that litigants have been experiencing 3 APPP 127-2011 difficulties in getting solvency certificates in the nick of time. 2. Criminal Application is disposed of. (R.C.CHAVAN, J.)