IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE APPELLATE SIDE CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1394 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1394 OF 2008 CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 1394 OF 2008 Mr.Kailash Daulat Mhapadi. ... Applicant. V/s. The State of Maharashtra. ... Respondent. Kuldeep Patil for the applicant. S.S.Pednekar, A.P.P. for the State. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. CORAM: V.C.DAGA, J. DATED: 6th May 2008. DATED: 6th May 2008. DATED: 6th May 2008. P.C.: P.C.: P.C.: ---- ---- ---- . Heard learned counsel for the applicant and learned A.P.P. for the State. 2. The applicant is seeking bail in connection with C.R.No.I-411/2007 registered with Naupada Police Station, Thane for the offences punishable under sections 420, 406, 467, 468 read with section 34 of Indian Penal Code and section 45 and 58 of the R.B.I. Act on the basis of complaint lodged by one Gyanendra Singh Shankarlal Kaushik. 3. The applicant is Editor of daily ‘Janadesh’ on the allegation that he asked for Rs.5 crore for not publishing articles about fraudulent transactions of the Unique Company. The F.I.R. is lodged against the present applicant on the basis of statement made by one of the co-accused. The applicant was arrested on 24th December, 2007 and is in custody. 4. In these circumstances of the case, considering the allegations made against the applicant, I am inclined to grant bail to the applicant, subject to the following conditions: (a) The applicant, arrested in connection with C.R.No.I-411 registered with Naupada Police Station, Thane shall be enlarged on bail in the sum of Rs.25,000/- with one or two local sureties to make up the said amount. (b) The applicant shall report to the concerned Police Station once in a week, i.e. on every Saturday between 3.00 to 5.00 p.m. till conclusion of the trial. He shall co-operate with the investigating agency for disposal of the case. (c) The order of bail will be given effect only after the applicant furnishes to the investigating officer the details about his place of residence and address where he proposes to stay after he is enlarged on bail. - 3 - The applicant will not change his residential address thereafter till the conclusion of trial without prior intimation to the investigating officer. (d) The applicant shall not directly or indirectly, make any inducement or threat or pressurise any prosecution witnesses and shall not in any manner tamper with the prosecution evidence. (e) It is needless to mention that breach of any of the conditions by the applicant shall result in cancellation of bail. (f) Any observation made in this order shall not be construed as finding or expression on merits of the case at the time of trial. 5. Application stands disposed of accordingly. JUDGE JUDGE JUDGE