RAMESH HANAMANT SAVALATOT vs THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA

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KVM 1/5 902 - ABA 739 OF 2025.doc Digitally signed IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY by KANCHAN KANCHAN VINOD VINOD MAYEKAR MAYEKAR Date: 2025.03.20 CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION 12:52:41 +0530 ANTICIPATORY BAIL APPLICATION NO. 739 OF 2025 Ramesh Hanamant Savalatot ….. Applicant VERSUS State of Maharashtra ….. Respondent Mr. Priyal G. Sarda a/w. Ms.Seema Dighe, Mr.Shubham Sane, Mr.Rajesh Ranglani for the Applicant. Ms.Rutuja A. Ambekar, A.P.P. for the State. Mr. S. D. Giramkar, P.H.C. present. CORAM : RAJESH S. PATIL, J. DATE : 18th MARCH, 2025 Order :- This application is filed for pre-arrest bail under Section 482 of the Bharatiya Nagarik Suraksha Sanhita, 2023 in connection with Crime No. 500/2024 dated 18th August, 2024 registered with Tembhurni Police Station, Solapur for the offences punishable under Sections 178, 180, 181, 3(5) of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita, 2023. 2. The present applicant is accused no.5. There are total seven accused. Five accused have been arrested and are behind bars. One more accused is absconding. The pre-arrest bail application filed by the present applicant before the Sessions Judge at Barshi has been KVM 2/5 902 - ABA 739 OF 2025.doc rejected by an order dated 14 th February, 2025. Hence, the present pre-arrest bail application has been filed. 3. In the complaint attached to the FIR, there are specific allegations made against the present applicant that he has participated in the act of counterfeiting the currency. An amount of Rs.65 lacs has already been seized by the police. It has been alleged that the machine used for printing the counterfeit currency is owned by the present applicant. On the basis of which, an FIR has been alleged. 4. On behalf of the applicant, it is submitted that the applicant has no role to play in the