1 mpt IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 5557 of 2009 Mikhail Lalit Zaveri ... Applicant versus The State of Maharashtra ... Respondent ... Mr.Niranjan Mundargi for the applicant. Ms.Trupti Shetty for the original complainant. Mr.S.A. Shaikh APP for the State. CORAM : D.G. KARNIK, J. DATED : 22nd February 2010 P.C. 1. Heard. 2. By this application, applicant seeks bail in connection with C.R.No. 176 of 2009 registered with Dindoshi Police Station for an alleged offence punishable u/s.387, 364A, 394, 307, 427, 323, 506(II) of IPC. 3. Applicant is a step son of the complainant Pradeep Sood. According to the prosecution on 14th September 2009, applicant 2 demanded Rs.Three lakhs from the complainant and on his refusal he damaged the household articles. Thereafter he abducted the complainant and is alleged to have threatened to kill him unless the money was paid. 4. The applicant was arrested on the same day and is in custody since 14th July 2009. The investigation is complete and charge-sheet has been filed. In the circumstances, presence of the applicant is no longer necessary for the purpose of custodial interrogation. 5. Learned APP as well as learned counsel for the original complainant as an intervenor opposed the bail on the ground that applicant was likely to repeat similar offences, if released on bail. They submitted that applicant was a rowdy boy and had also threatened his natural mother in the year 1998. They also invited my attention to another N.C. lodged against the applicant in the year 2002. Both the instances are remote in point of time and are alleged to have happened more than six years prior to the present incident. In my view, therefore, that cannot be a ground for refusal of the bail. As regards the apprehension for possible threats, the applicant can be put to terms. Hence, I pass the following order:- 3 O R D E R Applicant be released on bail on his executing P.R bond of Rs. 20,000/- with two sureties of the like amount subject to a condition that he shall not threaten the complainant (step father), his natural mother and any of the prosecution witnesses and shall not keep any contact with them especially because they do not wish to keep any contact with him. He shall also report his presence to the concerned police station twice a month in the first and third week of every British Calendar Month. In the event of breach of any of the conditions the bail would stand cancelled forthwith. (D.G. KARNIK,J.)