Bombay High Court
RANJIT LAXMAN TANPUREversusINTELLIGENCE OFFICER AND ANR
- Decided
- Disposal
- Allowed
- Bench
- NEELA KEDAR GOKHALE
Holding
The court allowed the modification of the bail reporting condition, directing the applicant to report to the police station every Saturday and to the DRI once every three months on trial dates.
Summary
The applicant, Ranjit Laxman Tanpure, filed an interim application seeking relaxation of the reporting conditions imposed on his bail. The original order required him to report to the DRI Mumbai once a month, which was later modified to reporting on trial dates. Observing that a co‑accused was permitted to report only once every three months, the applicant argued for a similar schedule. The court noted the applicant’s compliance with both the original and modified conditions and considered the principle of equal treatment among co‑accused. Accordingly, the court modified the bail condition, directing the applicant to report to Kurundwad Police Station every Saturday and to the DRI once every three months on trial dates. The interim application was allowed and disposed.
Issues considered
- Whether the bail reporting condition imposed on the applicant can be modified to a less frequent schedule in view of his compliance and the reporting schedule of co‑accused
Subjects
- bail
- modification of conditions
- reporting requirement
- DRI
- interim application
- criminal procedure
Judgment
Shivgan 904- IA-936-2025.doc
IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUDICATURE AT BOMBAY
CRIMINAL APPELLATE JURISDICTION
INTERIM APPLICATION NO. 936 OF 2025
IN
BAIL APPLICATION NO. 3062 OF 2021
Ranjit Laxman Tanpure …Applicant
Versus
Intelligence Officer And Anr …Respondents
Mr. Amol Mhatre, for the Applicant.
Digitally signed
by SHAMBHAVI
Mr. Mayur S. Sonavane, APP for the Respondent-State.
SHAMBHAVI NILESH
NILESH SHIVGAN
SHIVGAN Date:
2026.02.13
11:21:22 +0530
CORAM DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J.
DATED: 12th FEBRUARY 2026
PC:-
1. By way of the present Interim Application, the Applicant
seeks relaxation/modification of the condition imposed by
order dated 6th December 2022 and modified by order dated
8th August 2024.
2. The original condition imposed by the order dated 6th
December 2022, reads thus;
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“(ii) The applicant - Ranjit Laxman Tanpure shall report
to the DRI Mumbai, once in a month on first Monday of the
every month between 11.00 am to 1.00 pm till further
orders.”
3. The modified condition vide order dated 8 th August
2024, of which further modification is sought, reads thus;
“The applicant, Ranjit Laxman Tanpure, shall report to the
DRI, Mumbai, and before the trial Court on the dates of the
hearing of the trial.”
4. Heard Mr. Amol Mhatre, learned counsel for the
appearing for the Applicant, and Mr. Mayur Sonavane, learned
APP representing the State in the matter. However, none
appears for the Respondent No.2-DRI.
5. It appears that a Co-accused in the same C.R. has been
permitted to report to the DRI, Mumbai, once in three
months, i.e., on the first Saturday of the concerned month,
between 11.00 a.m. to 1.00 p.m., commencing from January
2024. The trial has not commenced as yet.
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6. Considering that the Applicant has complied with the
bail conditions originally imposed by order dated 6 th
December 2022 as well as the modified condition imposed by
order dated 8th August 2024, I am of the view that the
modification as sought deserves to be allowed. Accordingly,
the condition shall stand modified and shall read thus:
(iii) The Applicant - Ranjt Laxman Tanpure is directed to
attend and report to Kurundwad Police Station in Kolhapur
on every Saturday of each month between 9 a.m. to 11
a.m. The Applicant shall also appear and report to the DRI
once in three months on the date on which the matter is
fixed before the Trial Court.
7. The original and modified conditions stand further
modified in the above terms.
8. Rest of the order remains as it is.
9. Interim Application is allowed in the aforesaid terms
and disposed of accordingly.
(DR. NEELA GOKHALE, J)
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