1 CA-5687.10 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY APPELLATE SIDE  CRIMINAL CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO.5687 OF 2010 Harishchandra Laxman Jadhav .... Applicant Vs. The State of Maharashtra .... Respondent S/Shri S.A. Savant with Sandeep Barve i/b B.K. Barve & Co. for the Applicant. Ms S.D. Shinde, APP, for the State. CORAM: R.C. CHAVAN, J. DATED: DECEMBER 22, 2010 P.C: 1. This is an application for anticipatory bail by a person who is alleged to have committed theft of electricity. The entire amount of the value of electricity allegedly stolen, that is Rs.25,191/-, has been deposited by the applicant in cash on 27-1-2010 and 14-9-2010. In addition, the applicant has also paid the compounding charges of Rs.1,200/- on 7-12-2010. In view of this, there is no question of the applicant being subjected to any custodial interrogation. The application is, therefore, allowed. In the event of his arrest the applicant be released on bail in 2 CA-5687.10 S.LAC No.2 of 2010 of N.M. Joshi Marg Police Station, Mumbai on his furnishing P.R. Bond in the sum of Rs.10,000/- with one or more solvent sureties in the sum aggregating to Rs.10,000/- on the condition that the applicant shall not, directly or indirectly, make any inducement, threat or promise to any person acquainted with the facts of the case so as to dissuade him/her from disclosing such facts to the Court or to any police officer and he shall not leave the country without the prior permission of the trial Court. 2. This order shall remain in force till the trial is over with the only stipulation that if charge-sheeted, the applicant may furnish fresh bond before the trial Court in view of the Judgment of the Supreme Court, dated 2-12-2010, delivered in Criminal Appeal No.2271 of 2010, arising out of SLP (Cri.) No. 7615 of 2009 {Siddharam Satlingappa Mhetre v. State of Maharashtra & Ors.}. 3. The application accordingly stands disposed of. (R.C. CHAVAN, J.)