Bombay High Court

SACHIN ALIAS LAMBU HANUMANT RAJEYAversusTHE STATE OF MARARASHTRA AND ANR

Decided: 2 July 2026
Disposal: Disposed Off
Bench: N JAMADAR

Holding

The Court allowed the applicant to furnish provisional cash security of Rs.15,000 in lieu of a personal surety for a period of six weeks after release.

Summary

The applicant, Sachin Alias Lambu Hanumant Rajeya, was ordered on 11 November 2025 to be enlarged on bail with a personal bond of Rs.15,000 and a surety, and his substantive sentence was suspended because he had already served 7 years and 9 months of imprisonment. More than six months elapsed and the applicant was still unable to furnish the bail. The Court considered the elapsed time and the period of sentence already served and deemed it appropriate to allow the applicant to provide provisional cash security of Rs.15,000 in lieu of a personal surety. The provisional cash security may be furnished within six weeks of his release from prison. The interim application seeking this modification was disposed.

Issues considered

Whether a bail order can be modified to permit provisional cash security in lieu of personal surety after a delay in furnishing bail

Subjects

bail
provisional cash security
suspension of sentence
personal surety
criminal appellate jurisdiction

Judgment

                                                               42-IA-1943-2026.DOC




           IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
                   CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
                INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 1943 OF 2026
                                    IN
                         APPEAL NO. 115 OF 2025



Sachin Alias Lambu Hanumant Rajeya                                 ..Applicant
      Versus
The State of Maharashtra & Anr                             …Respondents


Mr. Induprakash K Tripathi, i/b B.R. Yadav, for the Applicant.
Mr. D.J. Haldankar, APP, for Respondent No.1-State.
Adv Komal Sinha, for Respondent No.2.

                              CORAM:           N. J. JAMADAR, J.
                              DATE :           2nd JULY 2026


P.C.:

1.      Heard the learned Counsel for the parties.

2.      By an order dated 11th November 2025, the Applicant was

directed to be enlarged on bail on furnishing a PR bond of Rs.15,000/-

with one surety in the like amount, and the substantive sentence came

to be suspended.

3.      The prime reason which weighed with the Court for suspending

the sentence and enlarging the Applicant on bail was that the Applicant




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had already undergone 7 years and 9 nine months imprisonment as of

that date.

4.    A period of more than six months has elapsed from the aforesaid

order dated 11th November 2025, and, yet, the Applicant could not

furnish the bail.

5.    In these circumstances, having regard to the period of sentence

already undergone by the Applicant, to make the order of bail

meaningful, this Court considers it appropriate to grant liberty to the

Applicant to furnish provisional cash security in the amount of

Rs.15,000/- for a period of six weeks.

6.    The Applicant is permitted to furnish provisional cash security in

lieu of personal surety, in the said amount of Rs.15,000/- within six

weeks of his release from the prison.

7.    Application disposed.



                                              [N. J. JAMADAR, J.]




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