Anant Prakash vs The State Of Maharashtra on 4 August, 2025

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Anant Prakash vs The State Of Maharashtra on 4 August, 2025

Author: Sudhanshu Dhulia

Bench: Sudhanshu Dhulia

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     ITEM NO.15                                    COURT NO.7                     SECTION II-A

                                    S U P R E M E C O U R T O F            I N D I A
                                            RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS

     SPECIAL LEAVE PETITION (CRIMINAL) Diary No(s). 37058/2025

     [Arising out of impugned final judgment and order dated 21-01-2021
     in CRLA(APL) No. 931/2018 passed by the High Court of Judicature at
     Bombay at Nagpur]

     ANANT PRAKASH                                                                 Petitioner(s)
                                                           VERSUS
     THE STATE OF MAHARASHTRA & ANR.                                               Respondent(s)

     (IA No. 178807/2025 - CONDONATION OF DELAY                              IN    FILING,    IA   No.
     178809/2025 - EXEMPTION FROM FILING O.T.)

     Date : 04-08-2025 This matter was called on for hearing today.

     CORAM :
                             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE SUDHANSHU DHULIA
                             HON'BLE MR. JUSTICE N.V. ANJARIA

     For Petitioner(s)                   Mr. Sarvam Ritam Khare, AOR
                                         Mr. Anuj Agarwal, Adv.
                                         Mr. Akarsh Khare, Adv.
                                         Ms. Seema Dhingra, Adv.
     For Respondent(s)

                              UPON hearing the counsel the Court made the following
                                                 O R D E R

Delay condoned.

Petitioner is a senior employee (Branch Manager) in the Bank

of India and an FIR No.354/2017 was registered against him for the

offences punishable under Sections 363, 365, 341, 506 & 34 of the

Indian Penal Code by the complainant-respondent no.2. The

allegation is that he had taken the victim and asked him for the

whereabouts of his son, as his son had taken a loan from the Bank
Signature Not Verified

on which he has defaulted. He was kept with the petitioner and
Digitally signed by
Nirmala Negi
Date: 2025.08.05
16:31:34 IST
Reason:

remained with the petitioner forcibly and was criminally

restrained for 15 days. Subsequently, the aforesaid FIR was
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registered. His petition under Section 482 of the Code of Criminal

Procedure was dismissed by the High Court. Being aggrieved, he had

approached this Court.

Learned counsel for the petitioner would argue that the

petitioner is a bank manager of the Bank and for those 15 days he

was attending the Bank which can be verified from records and the

investigation which is going on are nothing but an abuse of process

of law.

At this stage, we do not think this is a case which calls for

our interference in exercise of our jurisdiction under Article 136

of the Constitution of India as far as quashing of investigation or

stay of further proceedings in respect of the aforesaid FIR is

concerned.

However, considering the fact that the petitioner is a Bank

Manager of the Bank, no coercive measure be taken against the

petitioner subject to the cooperation of the petitioner in the

ongoing investigation.

In case of filing of the charge sheet, he can seek regular

bail from the Court concerned.

Meanwhile, in case the charge sheet is filed and thereafter

the charges are framed, petitioner would always be at liberty to

move an application for his discharge which shall be considered in

accordance with law.

The present petition is disposed of in the above terms.

Pending application(s), if any, shall also stand disposed of.

(NIRMALA NEGI)                                       (RENU BALA GAMBHIR)
ASTT. REGISTRAR-cum-PS                             ASSISTANT REGISTRAR