ORDER

1. Leave granted.

2. Heard learned counsel for the appellant and the learned Additional Solicitor General appearing for the CBI in both the appeals.

3. The appellant in these proceedings assails a part of the order, comprising of conditions granting him bail. One of the conditions imposed by the High Court is to the effect that the appellant is required to furnish a Bank Guarantee to the tune of Rs. two crores for being enlarged on bail. Both the orders under appeal carry identical condition. There are certain other conditions specified in the impugned order passed on 22nd March, 2023 and 28th March, 2023 but the appellant has made out no grievance as regards those conditions. The appellants argument is that such a condition is onerous.

4. Learned counsel for the appellant has relied on a judgment of a Co-ordinate Bench delivered in Criminal Appeal No. 1193 of 2023 (Makhijani Pushpak Harish Vs. The State of Gujarat) in which such a pre-condition of furnishing Bank Guarantee was held to be unsustainable. In that judgment, reference was made to an earlier decision of this Court in Criminal Appeal No. 186/2023 (Subhash Chouhan Vs. Union of India) delivered on 20.01.2023. In the ligh