<p class="bodytext">Bombay High Court has granted interim bail to suspended forest officer M Shriniwas Reddy in the case of suicide of range forest officer Deepali Chavan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In an order issued on Tuesday, Justice Manish Pitale of the high court's Nagpur bench found no material on record implicating Reddy in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reddy, the field director of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Maharashtra, is co-accused in the case and was arrested last month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chavan, a range forest officer posted in Melghat, allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself with a service weapon due to harassment by senior officials in March this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reddy had moved the high court seeking bail and quashing of the FIR registered against him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last week, a division bench of high court's Justices A S Chandurkar and Pushpa Ganediwala said police can conduct a probe against Reddy in the case, but shall not file a charge sheet against him till further orders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had sought replies from the prosecution by June 14 and adjourned the case for final disposal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Deputy Conservator of Forest Vinod Shivkumar was also arrested in the case.</p>
<p class="bodytext">Bombay High Court has granted interim bail to suspended forest officer M Shriniwas Reddy in the case of suicide of range forest officer Deepali Chavan.</p>.<p class="bodytext">In an order issued on Tuesday, Justice Manish Pitale of the high court's Nagpur bench found no material on record implicating Reddy in the case.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reddy, the field director of Melghat Tiger Reserve (MTR) in Maharashtra, is co-accused in the case and was arrested last month.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Chavan, a range forest officer posted in Melghat, allegedly committed suicide by shooting herself with a service weapon due to harassment by senior officials in March this year.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Reddy had moved the high court seeking bail and quashing of the FIR registered against him.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Last week, a division bench of high court's Justices A S Chandurkar and Pushpa Ganediwala said police can conduct a probe against Reddy in the case, but shall not file a charge sheet against him till further orders.</p>.<p class="bodytext">The court had sought replies from the prosecution by June 14 and adjourned the case for final disposal.</p>.<p class="bodytext">Earlier, Deputy Conservator of Forest Vinod Shivkumar was also arrested in the case.</p>