TEJAS LALIT SONI vs STATE OF MAHARASHTRA AND ANR

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ABA 160 of 2025.doc Ajay IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 160 OF 2025 Tejas Lalit Soni .. Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents WITH INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 437 OF 2025 IN ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 160 OF 2025 Amit Jayantilal Mehta .. Applicant Versus State of Maharashtra & Anr. .. Respondents ....................  Mr. Saurabh Ghag a/w Ms. Dakshata Sawant & Ms. Nikita Chavan, Advocate for Applicant.  Ms. Shilpa K. Gajare-Dhumal, APP for Respondent No.1 – State.  Mr. Prashant Malik a/w Mr. Harishkumar S. Zende & Ms. Gauri R. Parab for Respondent No.2. ................... CORAM : MILIND N. JADHAV, J. DATE : JUNE 9, 2025 JUDGEMENT: 1. Heard Mr. Ghag, learned Advocate for Applicant; Ms. Gajare- Dhumal, learned APP for Respondent No.1 - State and Mr. Malik, learned Advocate for Respondent No.2 / Intervener - First Informant. 2. This Anticipatory Bail Application is filed under Section 438 of Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973. Applicant apprehends arrest since he is named in FIR bearing No. 1448 of 2024 dated 21.12.2024 registered with Amboli Police Station for offences punishable under 1 of 24 ABA 160 of 2025.doc Sections 420 and 409 of the Indian Penal Code, 1860 (for short "IPC"). The FIR was transferred to Economic Offences Wing (EOW) Unit – 5, General Cheating III, Mumbai and re-numbered as CR No.74 of 2024. 3. Prosecution case emanates from the version narrated by Respondent No.2 – Complainant in the FIR. The version initiates in the backdrop of a Sole Selling Distribution Agreement dated 08.06.2023 (“Agreement” hereinafter) the terms of which, according to Prosecution, have been breached by Applicant. This breach led to termination of the Agreement by the counter