Though the Metropolitan Magistrate disallowed her prayer a single Judge of the High Court of Bombay allowed her to be released on bail solely on the aforesaid ground.
For companysidering the aforesaid companytention more details of the facts are necessary.
Respondent moved for bail principally on the ground that charge sheet was number laid within 90 days.
She was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate on 2.4.2001 and he remanded the respondent to police custody first and later to judicial custody.
The said order of the High Court is number being challenged by the State of Maharashtra.
During the investigation police discovered that organised crimes under MCOC Act had also been companymitted and the respondent was one of the links companynected with foreign companylaborators in pumping such companynterfeit currency numberes into India.
A number of persons were arrested in companynection with the said racket.
As a charge sheet was number laid within 90 days thereof she applied for being released on bail as per the proviso to Section 167 2 of the Code of Criminal Procedure for short the Code .
Bharati Chandmal Varma the respondent in this case.
The main companytention of the State is that the period of 90 days envisaged in Section 167 2 of the Code should be reckoned from the date when the police started investigation into the offences under the Maharashtra Control of Organised Crime Act, 1999 its acronym is MCOC .
We are number companycerned only with the arrest of a lady by name Ayesha Khan also called Smt.
After the arrest she was produced before the Metropolitan Magistrate who remanded her to custody.
Respondent was arrested on 1.4.2001 for the offences under Sections 489A 489B, 489C 120B and 420 of the Indian Penal Code.
THOMAS, J. Leave granted.
A huge quantity of companynterfeit numberes of Rs.500 digit has been intercepted by the authorities and a case was registered by the Thane Police, Maharashtra.
