2010ba619.11.odt 1/2 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY, APPELLATE SIDE NAGPUR BENCH, NAGPUR CRIMINAL APPLICATION (BA) NO. 619 OF 2011 (Chainlal Kapurchand Garade Vs. The State of Maharashtra) ................................................................................................................................................................................................................. Office Notes, Office Memoranda of Coram, appearances, Court orders or directions Court's or Judge's Order and Registrar's orders .......................................................................................................................................................................................... Mr. O. K. Masurke, Advocate for the applicant. Mr. N. R. Rode, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM : U. V. BAKRE, J. DATED : 20TH OCT., 2011 Heard. The applicant, who has been arrested on 19/7/2011 in Crime No. 166/2011 registered at City Police Station, Gondia for offence punishable under Section 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Penal Code, has filed the present application for bail. The case of the prosecution is that the applicant who is the driver working at Collector Office, Gondia, along with others, induced the complainant to deliver an amount of Rs. Seven lakh and demanded the amount of Rs. Four lakh as advance for the purpose of appointment of daughter of complainant as Talathi. The allegation is that the complainant paid Rs. Four lakh to the co-accused Sunanda Bhujade and her husband Pranay Bhujade who in turn paid that amount to the present applicant and it was agreed that balance amount of Rs. Three lakh would be paid after the daughter of the 2010ba619.11.odt 2/2 complainant joins service. However, the name of the daughter of the complainant was not included in the list of selected candidates and the accused persons also did not return back the amount of Rs. Four lakh to the complainant and thus cheated him. The applicant was in police custody for some days but nothing could be recovered at his instance. Co-accused in the present case namely Smt. Sunanda Bhujade has been already released on bail by this Court vide order dated 10/10/2011. Presently, the applicant is in judicial custody and the investigation is complete and charge-sheet has been filed. No purpose will be served by keeping the applicant in custody. The applicant shall be released on bail in Crime No. 166/2011 registered at City Police Station, Gondia for offence punishable under Section 420 read with Section 34 of the Indian Pena Code, upon execution of personal recognition bond in the sum of Rs. 30,000/- (Rs. Thirty thousand only) with one solvent surety in the like amount on the condition that the applicant shall not tamper with the prosecution evidence and shall not leave India without previous permission of the Trial Court. The application stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE wwl