Bombay HC grants interim protection from arrest to 2 Navy officers
(WorldNews India)

The Bombay High Court on Friday granted interim protection from arrest until further orders to two Navy officers booked for allegedly generating fraudulent bills worth Rs 6.76 crore in the guise of supplying IT hardware to the Western Naval Command. While hearing anticipatory bail pleas filed by Captain Atul Kulkarni and Commander Raj Pal Sharma, Justice Sarang V Kotwal said that no coercive steps shall be taken against them until it hears the case next month. The CBI had in July booked four Navy officers – Kulkarni, Sharma, Commander Mandar Godbole and Petty Officer Kuldip Singh Baghel – along with 14 others for allegedly generating fake bills. The agency had stated that between January and...