The Supreme Court has granted anticipatory bail to three senior Maharashtra Government officials, including the former Managing Director (MD) of Denotified Tribes and Nomadic Tribes Development Corporation (Limited), Mumbai, Ramesh Vasantrao Bansod, who are accused of cheating, forgery and criminal intimidation.A division bench of the apex court, headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan and also comprising Justice KM Joseph, directed the Maharashtra Government not to arrest the three individuals until further hearing in the case. It, however, directed the accused persons to cooperate in the investigation."Issue notice to the Maharashtra Government. The accused persons shall not be arrested till further order of this court. Meanwhile, the accused persons have to cooperate with the investigation," the court said in its recent order.Alakh Alok Srivastava, who appeared on behalf of the three accused, submitted to the apex court that an instant FIR was lodged to defame his client.The Maharashtra ...
