Shounak Mehta

Order - Status 7: IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION CRIMINAL APPLICATION NO. 3060 OF 2010 Mr.Vishwanath Vitthal Shetty ...Applicant vs. State of Maharashtra ...Respondent Mr.Niranjan Mundargi i/b. Mr.Shonak Mehta for the Applicant. Mr.S.A. Shaikh, APP for the State. CORAM : V.M. KANADE, J. DATED : JULY 8, 2010 P.C. :- 1 Heard Counsel for the applicant and APP for the State. 2 The applicant has filed this application for reduction of the amount of surety which is to be furnished by him. The Sessions Judge has directed that the applicant should furnish surety in the sum of Rs.30,000/-. Initially, the applicant was permitted to furnish cash surety of Rs.30,000/-. 3 It is submitted that it is not possible for the applicant to furnish surety for the said sum and therefore, the amount may be reduced. It is submitted that applicant is residing permanently in Kurla along with his mother. It is further submitted that after the death of his father, the flat now is transferred in the name of his mother. 4 Taking into consideration the aforesaid facts, the order passed by the Sessions Court is modified and the applicant is directed to execute P.R. Bond of Rs.10,000/- and furnish one or two sureties in the like amount. The remaining conditions imposed by the trial court are not altered or modified. After the surety is furnished, the amount of Rs.30,000/- deposited by the applicant may be returned to him. 5 Application is disposed of. (V.M. KANADE, J.) 2