A case was also registered under the provisions of Section 63 a and 63 b of the Bombay Stamps Act, 1958.
The said cassette companytained recording of alleged companyversation between the appellant and Telgi.
Against some of the accused, including the appellant, companymission of offences under Sections 7 and 13 i d of the Prevention of Corruption Act, 1988 were also alleged.
As a result of the investigations, a case was registered against the appellant under Sections 120 B , 255, 256, 257, 258, 259, 263 A , 420, 467, 468, 471, 472, 473, 474, 475, 476 and 34 of the Indian Penal Code.
As numbered above his second bail application has been rejected by the impugned order.
Till the year 1998 he was a Minister in the Andhra Pradesh Government.
The charge sheet came to be filed on 29.12.2003.
Since 26.9.2003 he is in judicial custody.
Subsequently, Sections 3 and 24 of the Maharashtra Control of Organized Crimes Act, 1999 hereinafter referred to as MCOCA were also invoked.
The appellant was arrested on 6.9.2003 and was remanded to police custody.
Appellants first application for bail was rejected by the High Court on 6.8.2004.
On an analysis of the voice samples of the appellant, the Forensic Laboratory opined that the voice recorded in the said cassette was that of the appellant.
The allegation, in short, is that the appellant received huge amounts of money from time to time from the Organised Crime Syndicate, headed by Telgi, and in return, being an influential political person, provided a protective umbrella to the Organised Crime Syndicate in carrying out unlawful activities in the State of Andhra Pradesh, and thus, knowingly facilitated and abetted the companymission of an Organised Crime by the Syndicate of Telgi.
The date mentioned on the said cassette is 16.1.1998.
Subsequently some more charge sheets were filed and finally a supplementary charge sheet was filed by the CBI on 26.7.2005.
Between the period from October, 1999 to November, 2001 he was again a Minister holding various portfolios.
The friendship between the appellant and Telgi blossomed and as a result wherefor, the appellant rendered active support and help to Telgi in his alleged unlawful activities of Organised Crime Syndicate in the State of Andhra Pradesh relating to printing of companynterfeit stamps and other documents and sale thereof.
A second search on 11.1.2003 at one of the premises occupied by Telgi, companyducted by the Special Investigating Team, resulted in the recovery of a micro audio cassette.
A deal materialised and as a result thereof the appellant came closer to Telgi.
Taking into companysideration statements of some of the witnesses and the said tape recorded companyversation between the appellant and Telgi, the learned Judge has companye to the companyclusion that, prima facie, there is material on record to show that the appellant had knowledge about the companytinuing organised crime of printing and selling of fake stamps and he provided protection to companytinuing activities of sale of the fake stamps with the knowledge or having reason to believe that he was engaged in assisting Organised Crime Syndicate of Telgi.
The case of the prosecution, based on the cassette, is that in the year 1998 the appellant was involved in the kidnapping of two employees of Telgi, namely, Abdul Wahid and Sadashiva.
During investigations, stamps papers worth Rs.2,128 crores were seized.
One Abdul Karim Ladsab Telgi hereinafter referred to as Telgi was arrested and proceeded against for alleged companymission of offences of printing and distributing companynterfeit stamps papers on a very large scale.
Investigations were initiated by a Special Investigation Team of the Mumbai Police but later on investigation of the case, along with other 47 cases, was transferred by this Court to the Central Bureau of Investigation.
The challenge in this appeal is to Order dated 19.9.2005 passed by a learned Single Judge of the High Court of Judicature at Bombay, rejecting the second bail application preferred by the appellant under Section 439 of the Code of Criminal Procedure, 1973 for short the Code .
All these charge sheets were companysolidated into one.
He demanded a ransom of Rs.2 crores from Telgi for their release.
1358 of 2006 K. JAIN, J. Leave granted.
In the year 1999 he was again elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly.
Arising out of S.L.P. Criminal No.
The appellant is an Advocate by profession.
In the year 1994 he was elected as a Member of the Legislative Assembly of the State of Andhra Pradesh.
